The Court of Appeal’s judgment in Heald and others v LB Brent [2009] EWCA Civ 930 is just out concerning the outsourcing of s 202 Housing Act 1996 reviews by Brent to Minos Perdios’ company Housing Reviews Ltd. There have been a number of County Court judgments on this issue which have not necessarily been ad idem (see eg our post on Augustin v Barnet). The argument against contracting out has been twofold: first, councils have no power to contract out their reviews function under Part VII (and, by extension although not relevant in this case, Part VI) because it is not a “function” of the local authority within … Read the full post
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The outsourcing of s.202 Housing Act 1996 reviews by local authorities to private, commercial bodies came under scrutiny in Charlotte Augustin v London Borough of Barnet, Central London County Court, 22 May 2009 (no report available online yet). There are a couple of Court of Appeal cases on the same issue coming up, so we will be revisiting it.
This was a s.204 appeal, heard by Mr Recorder Hollington QC, of a s.202 review decision, purportedly by Barnet, upholding their decision that an offer of temporary accommodation had been suitable. The s.202 decision was actually made by Mr Minos Perdios, the director of Housing Reviews Limited (HRL), a private … Read the full post
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