Housing Law Casebook

Nic Madge is a Circuit Judge. He was formerly a recorder and district judge and head of the Housing Department at Bindman and Partners, London. He is author of Housing Law Casebook (LAG, 4th edn, forthcoming 2007), Annotated Housing Statutes (Sweet and Maxwell, 2005) and a member of the senior editorial board of Civil Procedure ('the White Book') (Sweet & Maxwell). He writes regularly on housing law and procedure, including contributions to Law Society's Gazette, New Law Journal and co-authors 'Recent developments in housing law' in Legal Action. He is a founder member of the Housing Law Practitioner's Association.Claire Sephton is a solicitor specialising in housing law. She has worked in the voluntary sector for 17 years, initially at North Kensington Law Centre(R) and more recently at Shelter. She is an experienced trainer and lecturer

Contents include: Homelessness and allocations; Creation and termination of tenancies and licences; Security of tenure - assured, assured shorthold, secure, introductory, demoted, protected and common law tenants and licensees; Grounds for possession and reasonableness; Occupants without security of tenure; Possession procedure - against tenants, mortgagees and other occupiers; Disrepair; Housing outside the Housing Acts - community care, Children Act and asylum-seekers; Illegal eviction and harassment; Long leases - service charges; Housing and human rights