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News and comment

The cost of poor housing – a report from Wales

bad housing

Last week I did a post called poor housing = poor health.  This looked at a report out which showed that poor housing conditions are believed to cost the NHS at least £600 million per year. I now learn of another new report – this one is a bit more detailed (and costs £30) . …

Ben Reeve-Lewis’ Friday Newsround #4

Ben Reeve Lewis

[News and views from our investigative reporter Ben Reeve-Lewis, (a bit late today) plus a few pithy interjections from me - Ed] Oh no! Its Friday! I woke up this morning to the sound of birds singing in the garden of our new home. Stretched, relaxed and started chatting with Frazzy about her day, then…

Poor housing = poor health

Picture from POST report

How does poor housing affect the nations health? This is the subject of an interesting report I found via the excellent Legal Action Magazine (required reading for all housing professionals) and is from the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST).   You can find it here. The report, despite being just four pages long, is…

Solving disputes in the county courts – Pt 2

Last week I started looking at the Ministry of Justice report on the procedures in and use of the County Courts.  However it is quite a long report so I decided to split my post into two parts.  This is the second part, but you might want to read the other part here first. Enforcement…

Ben Reeve-Lewis’ Friday Newsround #3

Ben Reeve Lewis

Ben Reeve Lewis scours the internet to bring you the best news and views

Are the Law Commission just wasting their time?

The end of the line

The post looks at a report on past Law Commission projects and says whether they will be implemented or not. It looks as if the big housing projects carried out a few years ago are being thrown on the scrap heap …

Solving disputes in the county courts – Pt 1

The Ministry of Justice has recently issued a major report and consultation exercise about the procedures in and use of the County Courts. The report describes the system in this way Civil justice is the area of law that deals with everyday problems such as recovering and enforcing unpaid debts, resolving civil disputes across a…