25th April 2019
A group of home owners are taking legal action against the largest housing association in Europe after they were slapped with a £2 million bill for repairs. Residents of The Ranwell West Estate, in London, were stunned when the multi-billion pound housing association – Clarion Housing Group – presented them with bills of up to…
17th April 2019
Campaigners battling to save the UK’s only Latin village have launched a last ditch legal bid to stop it being bulldozed. Traders at Seven Sisters Indoor Market – also known as the Latin Village – yesterday launched a challenge of a compulsory purchase order, which allows Britain’s biggest private residential landlord to pull down the…
10th October 2017
A chronic shortage of housing stock combined with increased levels of employment has put the housing sector under stress, driving already inflated prices sky high. For many, joint property ownership with a partner, family member or friend is the only way onto the housing ladder, but is it that simple? Dispute resolution partner Chun Wong…
2nd December 2016
A Camden resident has successfully challenged Camden Council’s decision to grant his next door neighbour planning permission through permitted development rules, to build a basement extension, following an appeal to the High Court. Mr Michael Eatherley, who lives in Quadrant Grove, Camden, appointed law firm Hodge Jones & Allen to challenge the Council’s decision to…
