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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

An assortment: Coastal; sharp practice; breathing space moratoria

Posted on 4 July 2025 by David Cowan

This is going to be very much an assortment of different things which have been happening in the background (partly because I have just completed the Legal Action owner-occupier update […]

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 […]

Notes on devolution

Posted on 14 March 2025 by David Cowan

This past week or so has been one in which devolution of housing has cropped up, raising some odd little things.  Three odd little things, actually: leasehold reform; Awaab's law; […]

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 […]

Damp and Mould Complaints

Posted on 6 December 2024 by David Cowan

I've been listening to Dan Hewitt's podcast, The Trapped, this week.  It's a pretty depressing listen and, in a way, it tells us nothing we don't already know.  What is […]

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 […]