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NLJ this week: Eviction, possession & Equality Act reforms ahead

14 October 2022
Issue: 7998 / Categories: Legal News , Property , Landlord&tenant , Equality
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Are Equality Act 2010 defences against eviction likely to remain in place once the government has completed its proposed reforms to assured shorthold tenancy grounds for possession? 

Barristers Kavish Shah and Edward Peters, of Falcon Chambers, answer this question, in an accessible and informative article in this week’s NLJ.

Shah and Peters write that the success of such defences may reduce in certain circumstances, such as where the landlord is seeking to sell their property. They cover the defences, including what works and what doesn’t, outline the proposed reforms and likely impact, and look at relevant caselaw, including Croydon LBC v Kalonga.

Read the full article here.

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Partner appointed head of family team

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Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return

NEWS
Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
The Solicitors Act 1974 may still underpin legal regulation, but its age is increasingly showing. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Morrison-Hughes of the Association of Costs Lawyers argues that the Act is ‘out of step with modern consumer law’ and actively deters fairness
A Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruling has reopened debate on the availability of ‘user damages’ in competition claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Edward Nyman of Hausfeld explains how the CAT allowed Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen’s alternative damages case against Meta to proceed, rejecting arguments that such damages are barred in competition law
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