Dear Members You’ll recall that SHLA successfully joined as an intervenor in the Court of Appeal case of Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council. The case, ultimately about Japanese knotweed, is important for Registered Providers of Social Housing because it will…
We are pleased to announce that SHLA has been successfully joined as an intervenor in the up-coming Court of Appeal hearing in Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council. Dame Andrews LJ has granted SHLA’s application for permission to intervene. Our…
We are pleased to confirm our July newsletter, 2022 has now been sent out. We would like to send a huge thank you to all our guest writers, if anyone would like to submit an article for future additions then…
As a valued member of the SHLA, we’re inviting you to share your expertise and to have your voice heard, as guest writer for the next edition of the SHLA newsletter. What can YOU do? Write a 300-500 word-long article to…
The Social Housing Lawyers Association (SHLA) aims to further the interests of social landlords. SHLA is an exclusive forum where its members can exchange and discuss ideas and information. As a valuable member we want to give you the opportunity…
Due to the continued expansion of our client base and an increase in workload, Five Paper’s Property Division welcomes applications for tenancy, primarily from practitioners of up to 7 years call, who are enthusiastic about building a practice in Landlord & Tenant…
The Social Housing Lawyers Association (SHLA) aims to further the interests of social landlords. SHLA is an exclusive forum where its members can exchange and discuss ideas and information. As a valuable member we want to give you the opportunity…
Following an intense voting period, we are delighted to announce that Katrina Robinson MBE, has been elected to join the SHLA Committee. Katrina will utilise her extensive experience as a former in-house Solicitor, now in Private Practice, to assist her…
We are seeing more and more claims by tenants for data protection breaches. The claims relate to a myriad of different scenarios with the most common breaches relating to: • emails being sent to the wrong recipient • disclosure of…
‘Everyone In’ Again? Almost nine months have passed since R (Ncube) v Brighton and Hove [2021] EWHC 578 confirmed the statutory basis for the much lauded ‘Everyone In’ policy adopted in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Since then, there have been a series…