Andy Lane
@andylane07.bsky.social
Social Housing barrister at Cornerstone Barristers, Manchester United fanatic and author of ‘Cornerstone on Social Housing Fraud’.
Record fraud crackdown saves half a billion for public services
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Record fraud crackdown saves half a billion for public services
Government stops over £480 million ending up in the pockets of fraudsters over twelve months since April 2024 - more money than ever before.
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September 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Record fraud crackdown saves half a billion for public services
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Barking and Dagenham Council helps secure two further arrests in suspected fraud crackdown
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Barking and Dagenham Council helps secure two further arrests in suspected fraud crackdown
Following on from our statement of 4 September, four individuals in Dagenham and Essex have now been arrested as part of Operation Chandrila.
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September 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Barking and Dagenham Council helps secure two further arrests in suspected fraud crackdown
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Council claws back huge sum in overpaid housing and benefits fraud
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Council claws back huge sum in overpaid housing and benefits fraud
The team also looked into suspected cases of council houses being used as short-term holiday accommodation and stopped nine such cases
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September 6, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Council claws back huge sum in overpaid housing and benefits fraud
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Due to planned tube strikes next week, we've unfortunately had to reschedule our Public Law in 2025 conference to 29 Sept.
This new date will ensure we can deliver the high-quality event we have planned and the best possible experience for all attendees.
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This new date will ensure we can deliver the high-quality event we have planned and the best possible experience for all attendees.
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September 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Due to planned tube strikes next week, we've unfortunately had to reschedule our Public Law in 2025 conference to 29 Sept.
This new date will ensure we can deliver the high-quality event we have planned and the best possible experience for all attendees.
(1/3)
This new date will ensure we can deliver the high-quality event we have planned and the best possible experience for all attendees.
(1/3)
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Police investigate lettings of hundreds of affordable homes by allegedly corrupt housing officers in Barking and Dagenham
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Two arrested as police suspect 'corrupt' council staff allocated 'hundreds of homes for cash'
Investigators believe there was blatant advertising on social media offering prospective tenants a means to beat the queue for affordable housing.
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September 6, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Police investigate lettings of hundreds of affordable homes by allegedly corrupt housing officers in Barking and Dagenham
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Philip Coppel KC and Natasha Peter acted for
Epping Forest District Council in securing an interim injunction to stop the Bell Hotel being used for asylum seeker accommodation.
Epping Forest District Council in securing an interim injunction to stop the Bell Hotel being used for asylum seeker accommodation.
August 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Philip Coppel KC and Natasha Peter acted for
Epping Forest District Council in securing an interim injunction to stop the Bell Hotel being used for asylum seeker accommodation.
Epping Forest District Council in securing an interim injunction to stop the Bell Hotel being used for asylum seeker accommodation.
A Wolverhampton resident has been sentenced for providing false information in an attempt to gain priority access to social housing.
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Fraudulent housing application leads to court sentence | City Of Wolverhampton Council
A Wolverhampton resident has been sentenced for providing false information in an attempt to gain priority access to social housing.
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August 15, 2025 at 9:22 AM
A Wolverhampton resident has been sentenced for providing false information in an attempt to gain priority access to social housing.
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Why have we let side-hustle private landlords seize control of our housing – and our politics?
Peter Apps
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Peter Apps
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Why have we let side-hustle private landlords seize control of our housing – and our politics? | Peter Apps
Failed Thatcherite policy monetised complex housing needs. No wonder those who benefit are loth to change it, says Peter Apps, a contributing editor at Inside Housing
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August 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Why have we let side-hustle private landlords seize control of our housing – and our politics?
Peter Apps
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Peter Apps
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Grateful thanks to @spikenorman.bsky.social (NL's Wales housing law correspondent) for a part 1 on the huge changes to homelessness law proposed in the Homelessness and Social Housing (Wales) Bill. From an English perspective, this is remarkable stuff.
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Homelessness and Social Housing (Wales) Bill - the Headline issues - Nearly Legal: Housing Law News and Comment
(As ever, we are very grateful to Mike Norman of Harrow Law Centre for his updates on housing law in Wales. This is the first of two posts by Mike on the huge changes in homelessness law set out in th...
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August 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Grateful thanks to @spikenorman.bsky.social (NL's Wales housing law correspondent) for a part 1 on the huge changes to homelessness law proposed in the Homelessness and Social Housing (Wales) Bill. From an English perspective, this is remarkable stuff.
nearlylegal.co.uk/2025/08/home...
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Court of Appeal rules “stepchild” in a discretionary succession policy means child of a spouse or civil partner only - not long-term partner.
Sarah Salmon and Olivia Davies represented the London Borough of Islington
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Sarah Salmon and Olivia Davies represented the London Borough of Islington
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Excluded by definition: the narrow reading of “stepchild” and housing succession claims | Cornerstone Barristers
On 31 July 2025, the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in Abdelrahman v Islington LBC [2025] EWCA Civ 1038. The appeal concerned whether, […]
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August 8, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Court of Appeal rules “stepchild” in a discretionary succession policy means child of a spouse or civil partner only - not long-term partner.
Sarah Salmon and Olivia Davies represented the London Borough of Islington
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Sarah Salmon and Olivia Davies represented the London Borough of Islington
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Judge tells colleagues to be ‘on their guard’ over expert witness evidence
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Judge tells colleagues to be ‘on their guard’ over expert witness evidence
Patrick Hodge, supreme court’s deputy president, wants judges to improve their scientific and technical literacy
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August 8, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Judge tells colleagues to be ‘on their guard’ over expert witness evidence
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AI fuels surge in identity fraud, as people sell their personal information - Fraudscape six-month report
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AI fuels surge in identity fraud, as people sell their personal information - Fraudscape six-month report | Cifas
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August 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM
AI fuels surge in identity fraud, as people sell their personal information - Fraudscape six-month report
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New from Free Movement: Daily Mail publisher loses attempt to lift anonymity order | Sonia Lenegan freemovement.org.uk/daily-mail-p...
Daily Mail publisher loses attempt to lift anonymity order - Free Movement
The Court of Appeal has refused an application to lift the anonymity order protecting the identity of a woman who lacks the capacity to litigate. The case is
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August 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Right to buy in England ‘fuelled housing crisis and cost taxpayers £200bn’ www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Right to buy in England ‘fuelled housing crisis and cost taxpayers £200bn’
Common Wealth report calls discounted sales of council homes one of the ‘largest giveaways in UK history’
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August 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Right to buy in England ‘fuelled housing crisis and cost taxpayers £200bn’ www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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I could not be more excited for this! Powerhouse of public law thinking, Prof Liz Fisher, is giving the keynote at this year's @cornerstonebarristers.com Public Law day!! Full programme and tickets here: cornerstonebarristers.com/event/public...
📢 Keynote speaker announced for #PublicLaw in 2025: One Day Symposium
We're pleased to reveal that Liz Fisher, Professor of Environmental Law, @ox.ac.uk, will be delivering this year’s keynote on the craft of administrative law.
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We're pleased to reveal that Liz Fisher, Professor of Environmental Law, @ox.ac.uk, will be delivering this year’s keynote on the craft of administrative law.
Book here : cornerstonebarristers.com/event/public...
July 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I could not be more excited for this! Powerhouse of public law thinking, Prof Liz Fisher, is giving the keynote at this year's @cornerstonebarristers.com Public Law day!! Full programme and tickets here: cornerstonebarristers.com/event/public...
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The High Court will hear restitution claims in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 test case: Coastal Housing v Mitchell.
Tenants seek rent refunds due to missing ECRs.
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Tenants seek rent refunds due to missing ECRs.
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Hearings in important test case on fitness for human habitation within rented premises in Wales | Cornerstone Barristers
Today the Divisional High Court of Wales begins three days of further hearings on a landmark test case concerning the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016. […]
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July 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The High Court will hear restitution claims in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 test case: Coastal Housing v Mitchell.
Tenants seek rent refunds due to missing ECRs.
Read more: cornerstonebarristers.com/hearings-in-...
#HousingLaw #Wales
Tenants seek rent refunds due to missing ECRs.
Read more: cornerstonebarristers.com/hearings-in-...
#HousingLaw #Wales