Home Truths - The Housing Podcast from 42BR Barristers

Home Truths - The Housing Podcast from 42BR Barristers
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Welcome to Home Truths, the Housing Podcast bought to you by the Housing Team within 42BR Barristers. 

  1. Jul 7

    The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law: Begum v Tower Hamlets

    From Akerman-Livingstone to Z v Hackney, learn about the cases and the principles which have shaped Housing Discrimination since the Equality Act 2010 came into force.  In each of our podcasts, we will discuss one case: its facts, its context, and what principles it decided. In this seventh podcast, Iris Ferber KC and Max Gordon discuss Begum v London Borough of Tower Hamlets, heard by the Court of Appeal in 2025: a case which explains how to (or, rather, how not to) present an indirect discrimination claim under section 19 of the Equality Act 2010 – in particular, it illustrates and explains the dangers of choosing the wrong “provision, criterion or practice” operated by the landlord, as the basis of the claim.

    The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law: Begum v Tower Hamlets

  2. Apr 30

    The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law: Thiam v Richmond Housing Partnership

    From Akerman-Livingstone to Z v Hackney, learn about the cases and the principles which have shaped Housing Discrimination since the Equality Act 2010 came into force.  In each of our podcasts, we will discuss one case: its facts, its context, and what principles it decided. In this sixth podcast, Iris Ferber KC and Karolina Zielinska discuss Thiam v Richmond Housing Partnership, a High Court appeal from 2025: a case which explains how section 15 of the Equality Act 2010 – “discrimination arising from disability” – can operate as a defence to a possession claim.

    The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law: Thiam v Richmond Housing Partnership

  3. Mar 30

    The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law: AB v Westminster City Council

    From Akerman-Livingstone to Z v Hackney, learn about the cases and the principles which have shaped Housing Discrimination since the Equality Act 2010 came into force.  In each of our podcasts, we will discuss one case: its facts, its context, and what principles it decided. In this fifth podcast, Iris Ferber KC and Andrew Carter discuss AB v Westminster City Council, heard by the High Court in 2024: a very useful case which explains how to pursue – or defend – allegations of indirect discrimination under section 19 of the Equality Act 2010.

    The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law: AB v Westminster City Council

  4. Feb 24

    The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law: Laidley v Metropolitan Housing Trust

    From Akerman-Livingstone to Z v Hackney, learn about the cases and the principles which have shaped Housing Discrimination since the Equality Act 2010 came into force.  In each of our podcasts, we will discuss one case: its facts, its context, and what principles it decided.  In this fourth podcast, Iris Ferber KC and Matthew Timm discuss Laidley v Metropolitan Housing Trust, heard by the Court of Appeal in 2025: an important case about Equality Act assessors.

    The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law: Laidley v Metropolitan Housing Trust

  5. Feb 9

    The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law: Nightingale v Bromford Housing

    From Akerman-Livingstone to Z v Hackney, learn about the cases and the principles which have shaped Housing Discrimination since the Equality Act 2010 came into force.  In each of our podcasts, we will discuss one case: its facts, its context, and what principles it decided. In this third podcast, Iris Ferber KC and Natalie Foster discuss Nightingale v Bromford Housing, heard by the High Court in 2024.

    The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law: Nightingale v Bromford Housing

  6. Jan 6

    The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law: Paragon Housing v Neville

    From Akerman-Livingstone to Z v Hackney, learn about the cases and the principles which have shaped Housing Discrimination since the Equality Act 2010 came into force.  In each of our podcasts, we will discuss one case: its facts, its context, and what principles it decided. In this second podcast, Iris Ferber KC and Peter Jolley discuss Paragon Asra Housing v Neville, heard by the Court of Appeal in 2018.

    The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law: Paragon Housing v Neville

  7. 12/04/2025

    The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law

    From Akerman-Livingstone to Z v Hackney, learn about the cases and the principles which have shaped Housing Discrimination since the Equality Act 2010 came into force.  In each of our podcasts, we will discuss one case: its facts, its context, and what principles it decided. In this first podcast, Iris Ferber KC and Karolina Zielinska start at “A”: Akerman-Livingstone v Aster Communities, heard by the Supreme Court in 2015.

    The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law

  8. 09/01/2025

    Implementing Awaab’s Law (and extending its scope to the private sector)

    Krishma Patel and Karolina Zielinska discuss the upcoming implementation of Awaab’s Law in the proposed ‘The Hazards in Social Housing (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2025’, and the proposed extension of Awaab’s Law and the Decent Homes Standard to the private rental sector in the current version of the Renters’ Rights Bill.

    Implementing Awaab’s Law (and extending its scope to the private sector)
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