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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 […]

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 […]

Plaid Cymru and Housing Policy

Posted on 4 April 2025 by David Cowan

Although strictly non-partisan, I have been trawling the parties' housing policies and statements.  In this post, I want to draw attention to a couple of documents published by Plaid Cymru's […]

Three tidbits

Posted on 7 March 2025 by David Cowan

Three tidbits of interesting news/gossip: First, a bit of gossip.  I now have it from two different sources that the Court of Appeal has granted permission to appeal in Coastal […]

Second homes

Posted on 24 February 2025 by David Cowan

The lovely county of Gwynedd has been in the news for reasons other than its beauty.  It made the BBC, Guardian (Rowan Moore column), Mail (for policy reasons, I don't […]

Legislating for adequacy? The WG White Paper Consultation

Posted on 22 November 2024 by David Cowan

I need to say upfront that I'm not a fan of high level thinking about rights and adequacy.  It's often pretty banal stuff and leads you into over-promising.  The controversy […]

Judging regulatory judgments

Posted on 15 November 2024 by David Cowan

Following on from the post on the Coastal Housing case (about the need for service of electrical condition reports without which rent is not required to be paid), it is […]

When rent is not payable: Coastal Housing Group Ltd v Mitchell

Posted on 13 November 2024 by David Cowan

This is the first substantive post on this blog, and it's a cracker which will have reverberating implications for housing law and policy in Wales: Coastal Housing Group Ltd v […]