Author: Ayka Ali

Housing Update: Homelessness – guidance on out-of-borough placements

Homelessness: guidance on out-of-borough placements (Alibkhiet v London Borough of Brent v City of Westminster [2018]) This was an appeal heard jointly with the case of Adam v City of Westminster whereby t... Continue Reading

Housing Update: Homelessness – guidance on out-of-borough placements

Homelessness: guidance on out-of-borough placements (Alibkhiet v London Borough of Brent v City of Westminster [2018]) This was an appeal heard jointly with the case of Adam v City of Westminster whereby t... Continue Reading

Housing Update: Homelessness and the need to consider a “foreseeable future”

Homelessness and the need to consider a “foreseeable future” (Safi v Sandwell Borough Council [2018] EWCA Civ 2876) In Safi the court of appeal took efforts to clarify what information was relevant and... Continue Reading

Housing Update: Homelessness and the need to consider a “foreseeable future”

Homelessness and the need to consider a “foreseeable future” (Safi v Sandwell Borough Council [2018] EWCA Civ 2876) In Safi the court of appeal took efforts to clarify what information was relevant and... Continue Reading

Jeremy Weston QC has updated his article ‘Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Its prevalence and the protection afforded by the present law’.

Today is the UN’s ‘International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM’ and following the recent criminal conviction for FGM (the first in the UK), the need for clarity of the legal position is greater than ... Continue Reading

Housing Update: Steven Forward v Aldwyck Housing Group LTD (2019)

[2019] EWHC 24 (QB) QBD (Cheema-Grubb J) 11/01/2019 The High Court dismissed an appeal against a possession order granted by the County Court, finding that although the court had failed to properly conside... Continue Reading

Housing Update: Steven Forward v Aldwyck Housing Group LTD (2019)

[2019] EWHC 24 (QB) QBD (Cheema-Grubb J) 11/01/2019 The High Court dismissed an appeal against a possession order granted by the County Court, finding that although the court had failed to properly conside... Continue Reading

Priya Tromans accepts offer of tenancy

We are delighted to announce that Priya Tromans has accepted an offer of tenancy at the end of her shortened Pupillage, having practised litigation for over seven years. She has already started developing ... Continue Reading

January Pupillage Blog

“Seeing such a broad mix of work provides us with a solid foundation ahead of our second six.” After spending his first three months of pupillage in public family work, George has now moved ove... Continue Reading

Housing Update: Powell v Dacorum BC

Powell v Dacorum BC – no breach of the PSED at the warrant stage when it was not raised in the possession proceedings [2019] EWCA Civ 23 This case involved arguments raised at the warrant stage of allege... Continue Reading