Landlord and Tenant

After Coastal – Reflections

Posted on 31 October 2025 by David Cowan

It is probably necessary to move on after Coastal, but if you will forgive me one last pop at a reflection on it, this is it (after which I will try […]

A smorgasbord

Posted on 24 October 2025 by David Cowan

There is lots of interesting stuff going on at the moment, and it is, of course, an important political moment.  This post is a bit of a smorgasbord of relevant […]

Renters’ Rights Bill: What’s coming, and what’s not (and why?)

Posted on 17 October 2025 by David Cowan

As the Renters' Rights Bill makes its (slower than expected) progress through the Westminster Parliament, it is important that we give consideration to what parts will apply to Wales, and […]

Coastal 2: Some observations

Posted on 10 October 2025 by David Cowan

In last week's post on what I have called Coastal 2 (inaccurately, perhaps, as Coastal has since changed its name to Beacon Cymru Group Ltd), I set out the headline […]

Klaxon – Coastal 2: The outcome

Posted on 3 October 2025 by David Cowan

Coastal 2 has been published - Beacon Cymru Group Ltd v Mitchell EWHC 2477 (CH). This is a critical moment for Welsh housing law and policy and so this emergency […]

The Ely riot – Cardiff Council and eviction letters

Posted on 18 July 2025 by David Cowan

There is a report in The Guardian that Cardiff Council have been sending letters to families of those who have been charged over alleged involvement in the Ely Riots.  The […]

Rent and Service Charge Standard Consultation

Posted on 18 July 2025 by David Cowan

This is the first of two new posts inspired by the Housing View Team (the very brilliant Justin Bates and Andrew Dymond) which produce a weekly newsletter about housing law and […]

RICS Practice Alert: Housing Disrepair Claims

Posted on 9 May 2025 by David Cowan

If you are involved in civil litigation, there is no better updating blog than Gordon Exall's Civil Litigation Brief (imho), and that blog alerted me to the fact that the […]

Coastal 2 – Hearing dates

Posted on 9 May 2025 by David Cowan

Forgive the extra break in the blog from last week (on vacation).  The big news is that the hearing dates in what this blog has called Coastal 2 (the fallout […]

Hoarders

Posted on 25 April 2025 by David Cowan

Experience suggests that there can be few harder, more serious issues raised than those raised by hoarders.  Hoarding is a recognised psychological condition, commonly found alongside other psychological conditions.  For […]