More results...
I've been waiting to post on the outcome of two judicial reviews of Southwark's allocation scheme for a while, hoping they would appear on BAILII. They haven't, but Garden Court have briefly set out the cases in their 24 March bulletin. So, here is the first...
Ahmad, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Newham [2008] EWCA Civ 140 was Newham's appeal of a JR decision that its allocation scheme was unlawful for failing to take adequate account of cumulative need. This is going to be a long post. Allocation...
there are quite a few cases to cover. Ahmad, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Newham [2008] EWCA Civ 140 on determining priority in allocation schemes. G, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Southwark [2007] EWCA Civ 1506 on...
Head of Legal had an interesting post in response to my post on Hodge's outburst (the ramifications of which rumble on, including the BNP noting gratefully that they win whether the ideas become policy or if they are not carried through. Unfortunately true....
Margaret Hodge has decided that this is a good time to say that too much Council housing is going to economic migrants at the expense of local residents. Allocation policies should be rethought to reward 'length of residence, citizenship and national...