Ratcliffe v Parks 2006 Leeds Crown Court (High Court) 5DL03240 unreported This is a case we helped one of our members with some years ago and we rely upon on many occasions. It is a very important High Court (so binding) authority for the purposes of seeking possession based on an assured shorthold tenancy that is (a) less than six months (as allowed since 1997) and (b) where court proceedings are commenced before six months from the date the...

Firstly, happy new year to everyone! We’ve been a little quiet during the first week of 2011 because we have lots of cases that were started at the back end of last year and are all coming together right now. Hopefully things will calm down soon! Most of these case aren’t particularly interesting but this one I thought worthy of a quick report. Philpott v Isaac Torquay & Newton Abbot County Court 0TQ01606 7 January...