Eviction in UK Law
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Leasehold or Freehold? Leader-Eviction Rules in the British Conservative and Labour Parties
This paper examines how leader-eviction rules affect the security of tenure of party leaders in the British Conservative and Labour parties. It sets out a framework for analysing and comparing evic...
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Seeking Shelter in Personal Insolvency Law: Recession, Eviction, and Bankruptcy's Social Safety Net
Many legal systems understand consumer insolvency laws as social insurance, providing relief and a ‘fresh start’ to over‐indebted households who fall through gaps in the social safety net. Personal...
- Statutes Protection from Eviction Act, 1964
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‘When it rains, it pours’: Housing evictions and criminal convictions in Sweden
Precarious housing and criminal behaviour are both important elements in processes of marginalization and cumulative disadvantage. It is well known that housing eviction primarily affects the weake...... ... It is well known that housing eviction primarily affects the weakest groups in society. In this article we ask if housing eviction has an independent effect on subsequent criminality and ... ...
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REGULATION AS SOCIAL POLICY: HOME EVICTIONS AND REPOSSESSIONS IN THE UK AND SWEDEN
This article asks how the UK and Sweden regulate, prevent, or mitigate the consequences of mortgage‐related household eviction and repossession. Contrary to initial expectations, the findings show ...... ... AND SWEDEN HANAN HABER This article asks how the UK and Sweden regulate, prevent, or mitigate the consequences of mortgage-related household eviction and repossession. Contrary to initial expectations, the nd- ings show a growth and diversity in both regulation and social spending in the UK ... ...
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Parliamentarians versus party members? Leadership selection systems in the British Conservative and Labour parties
British parties have pioneered the use of ‘one-member, one-vote’ ballots to select their leaders. However, the elections of Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) and Liz Truss (Conservative) prompted calls to ret...... ... research by identifying and applying four evaluative criteria for selection institutions: legitimacy, parliamentary acceptability, leader-eviction and timeliness. It shows that most criticisms of one-member, one-vote are overstated because the latter is heavily mediated by ex-ante and/or ex-post ... ...
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Parliamentarians versus party members? Leadership selection systems in the British Conservative and Labour parties
British parties have pioneered the use of ‘one-member, one-vote’ ballots to select their leaders. However, the elections of Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) and Liz Truss (Conservative) prompted calls to ret...... ... research by identifying and applying four evaluative criteria for selection institutions: legitimacy, parliamentary acceptability, leader-eviction and timeliness. It shows that most criticisms of one-member, one-vote are overstated because the latter is heavily mediated by ex-ante and/or ex-post ... ...
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There’s Regulatory Crime, and then there’s Landlord Crime: from ‘Rachmanites’ to ‘Partners’
This article considers local authority strategies towards the regulation and prosecution of private landlords who commit the criminal offences of unlawful eviction and harassment. Generally, local ...... ... local authority strategies towards the regulation and prosecution of private landlords who commit the criminal offences of unlawful eviction and harassment. Generally, local authorities operate compliance-based strategies, rarely (if ever) resorting to prosecution. In seeking to explain ... ...
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Article 8 in Housing Law: No Home for Human Rights Values
The English Courts have clashed with Strasbourg for over a decade on the meaning of Article 8 of the Convention in the context of social housing repossession cases. Although the case of Pinnock v M...... ... A consequence of this approach, however, has been to allow eviction in harsh and disproportionate circumstances. The courts’ failure to engage with Human Rights values has therefore left Article 8 as a missed ... ...
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