I’ve pretty much spent the whole of today trying to find a solicitor who could assist with a Judicial review in regards to Council’s failure to offer suitable accommodation under 188 and also if necessary Social Services failure to assist under the National Assistance Act 1948.
Whilst I have good relations with the 2 solicitors in my [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Solicitor wanted…
Posted in Uncategorized on July 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Local Authorities shocking kitten killing
Posted in Random stuff on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I had
‘Your client doesn’t have a priority need for accommodation because he has a dog’
My Local Authority needs to think of the kittens.
Please feel free to share any tales of similar stupid kitten killing advice provided by a Local Authority.
War or Peace?
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
* Warning ramble rating 8/10
Tonight a disabled man is walking the streets. Tonight a man who should have been accommodated under section 188 of the Housing Act 1996 has no roof over his head. Tommorrow he should have accommodation following Judicial review but tonight he has none (trying to find a solicitor at 4.30 isn’t [...]
Doherty v Birmingham CC
Posted in Law stuff on July 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here’s the link. Enjoy.
A lot to digest. Will try and link to various summaries when they are out.
1. Nearly Legal’s summary of the case. First prize to him
2. Arden Chamber’s eflash on Doherty
Credit Crunch 1 Affordable Housing 0
Posted in Affordable housing on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As property investors run for the hills or back to their towers to count their remaining pennies so another grand housing development looks like it’s going up in smoke.
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Whilst the redevelopment of the King Alfred Centre was never particuarly popular and the company behind it, Karis, may have been somewhat dodgy it would have provided about 300 affordable homes.
Although the [...]
And the winner is….
Posted in Gatekeeping, Uncategorized on July 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Hat tip to Nearly for giving me the final push I needed for this post.
As many Local Authorities try to outdo each other in regards to unlawfully refusing to assist people who are seeking assistance with their homelessness under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996 I thought that their efforts should be recognised with [...]
1250? A very happy number it seems…
Posted in LSC on July 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So then according to A4e a ‘Revolution in Legal Advice’ had landed in Leicester.
Being a fan of overthrowing unpopular regimes I felt I should perhaps read more. My mind was made up when i saw a picture of 4 terribly happy men holding up the figure 1250. What was this mystical figure and why were [...]
Mr Flack
Posted in LSC on July 27, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Whilst Mr Flack’s posts are sadly to few and far between They are well worth a read for those interested in the future of legal advice provision.
CLACs and CLANs, some bits to read
Posted in LSC on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some (hopefully) handy informative bits on CLACs, CLANs and the future of advice service provision here.
More about the possible downsides of CLACs and CLANS.
What options do advice providers have?
The agreement reached between the LSC and the Law Society.
The future of advice provision
Posted in LSC, tagged LSC on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The future of advice agencies all across the Country is at the present time unknown. The introduction of CLAC’s and CLAN’s may see the closure of whole swathes of Citizens Advice Bureaux, Law Centres and other advice agencies across the UK. Even if these organisations don’t close their future will most likely change, for good or for bad, as [...]
