Share this page!

Enter URL or ID to Unroll

You can paste full URL like: https://x.com/threadreaderapp/status/1644127596119195649
or just the ID like: 1644127596119195649

How to get URL link on X (Twitter) App

  1. On the Twitter thread, click on or icon on the bottom
  2. Click again on or Share Via icon
  3. Click on Copy Link to Tweet
  4. Paste it above and click "Unroll Thread"!
  5. More info at Twitter Help
Nearly Legal Profile picture
@nearlylegal
Sep 17, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Possession claims, there is more - defendants in cases started before 3 August 2020 will apparently be getting this letter assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
Claimants will be getting this letter assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl… and presumably this information pack assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl… (helpfully starting ‘Avoid Court’).
This is the information that is sent to tenant defendants, it appears. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
And here the information that will be sent out about a review date. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
And here the info sent out on a suspension of eviction hearing. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
All of them are here gov.uk/government/pub…

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Nearly Legal

Nearly Legal Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @nearlylegal

Nearly Legal Profile picture
Mar 10, 2023
A quick (this is a lie) thread on section 119 Building Safety Act 2022 - the all important ‘qualifying lease’ provisions. If a leaseholder qualifies, they are protected from costs of remediating relevant defects (on buildings over 11m high), at least up to the £10K/15K cap. But
If they don’t qualify, they are exposed to a full share of the potentially huge costs of remedial works through the service charge. So, this is vital. One might expect clarity on such an important threshold, might one not? Sadly, one would be disappointed.
Here’s the relevant part of s.119 (all assuming lease existed 14 February 2022, and the building is over 11m. Under 11m and the leaseholders have no protection whatsoever).
Read 19 tweets
Nearly Legal Profile picture
Aug 24, 2022
I’ll take this eg from Prof @RichardJMurphy rant of yesterday about ‘right wing’ lawyers to try to explain why he doesn’t understand (in dangerous ways) what lawyers do & why his handwaving today about ‘relationships of power’ is not an excuse for his failure to grasp rule of law
I’ve taken this example because it is an area of law I know very well.

Can a tenant be evicted by a court order without consideration of their circumstances? Yes, in England, for private sector tenants. That is the current law. A section 21 notice & accelerated possession claim
Is this the quickest and cheapest route for a private landlord seeking possession?
By & large, yes it is.
If a landlord goes to a solicitor for advice on evicting a tenant & that section 21 notice route is available on the facts, is the solicitor obliged to advise them of this?
Read 25 tweets
Nearly Legal Profile picture
Jun 16, 2022
Initial view of renters reform white paper. This is serious, substantive reform if carried through, which won't just scrap section 21 (and indeed fixed term ASTs), but completely re-write Schedule 2 Housing Act 1988 grounds
It will also effectively introduce a national landlord register (in England), and - it appears - re-write private housing standards requirements and tenant enforcement of them.
The new mandatory grounds of possession include some which will cause issues - particularly the 'at least two months of rent arrears, three times in the last three years' mandatory ground.
Read 7 tweets
Nearly Legal Profile picture
Jun 15, 2022
Fergus Wilson saga continues. After losing in claim by Ashford Council for an injunction to stop Wilson's harassment, he failed to pay costs ordered. Ashford got an ex parte freezing injunction on 5 properties, as Wilson selling.  At the return hearing ashford.gov.uk/news/latest-ne…
Fergus Wilson, apparently now in receipt of a debt breathing space moratorium via Superior Insolvency Solutions (how?!), argued variously:

All properties and assets are owned by his wife, he had never been a landlord at all.
The 5 properties identified as in his name were fraudulently put in his name and actually belonged to his wife.

He hadn’t given false information to obtain the debt moratorium.

This, as with so many of Wilson’s appearances in court, did not go well for him.
Read 5 tweets
Nearly Legal Profile picture
May 1, 2022
Following on from a rather frustrating conversation last night and today, I think it needs to be made clear what the situation is with tenant acting housing solicitors. (At least the competent ones who don’t rip off tenants). The simple fact is we are all ->
- > (Law Centre or private practice) ridiculously busy. We run at capacity most of the time. We take on new cases as and when other cases are finished. While I understand people’s frustrations, my team get 30 or so new inquiries a day. - >
- > This means we just can’t take on very good and entirely meritorious cases. And people can’t get representation. Why not? Simple answer - there aren’t enough of us. The reason why there aren’t enough of us goes back to LASPO in 2013 (and earlier) - >
Read 9 tweets
Nearly Legal Profile picture
Mar 23, 2022
Govt amends to the Building Safety Bill added today. Read all! i) Scrapping Building Safety Manager, ii) scrapping building safety charge as separate charge to service charge, iii) providing that RMCs/RTMs will have a ‘building safety director’ who can be remunerated for it. 1/13
iv) excluding penalty charges, legal costs from special measures orders etc from service charge to leaseholders and allowing SoS to prescribe by regulations other unrecoverable costs, 2/13
v) excluding buildings purchased by leaseholders under right of first refusal or enfranchisement from being ‘relevant buildings’ where leaseholder owned, vi) specifying how the height of building is to be calculated, 2/13
Read 15 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us!

Send Email!

:(