High Court Judges Lose Perks In Lodgings
High Court Judges Have Perks
Cut By Lord Chancellor
The perks enjoyed at the grand residences and high end lodgings used by High Court judges when they are not hearing cases in London’s High Court are being scrapped by Chris Grayling, the Lord Chancellor.
High court judges are feeling the pinch as they have had their Sky broadband deals cancelled in the latest effort to save money.
The High Court judges get to stay in 32 publicly-funded lodgings, from penthouse flats to Georgian town houses across England & Wales when hearing cases and the latest cost cutting move has provoked a great deal of anger among the judges, who once enjoyed all the perks of gentlemen’s clubs and were waited on hand and foot when they were on the judicial circuit hearing cases outside of London.
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Landlord Possession Orders And Tenant Evictions Increase
Tenant Eviction Figures Increase Again
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of PRS landlords seeking to evict bad tenants and the volume of possession orders doesn’t look like abating any time soon according to data released by the UK Government.
Government figures show that there were 103,329 landlord claims for tenant eviction and orders for possession made last year, the highest recorded rate over the last five years and continues to represent an upward trend.
It is estimated that between 67% and 80% of claims led to a possession order being granted by the courts.
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