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Socrattes Ofori-Addo v London Borough of Haringey (2025) EWCA Civ 277 A second appeal from a section 204 appeal. Ms O-A had applied to Haringey as homeless and was in temporary accommodation under the section 189B Housing Act 1996 relief duty. An offer of a...
Sorry for the silence, while the cases to write up have piled up. It has been a busy stretch in and out of work... More thorough write-ups of some cases will follow, but for now, a few brief notes on cases of interest and oddness. Thanks to Doughty Street...
Munemo v City of Wolverhampton Council (2025) EWCC 4 This is quite the section 204 homelessness appeal of Wolverhampton's review decision confirming the decision that Ms M was intentionally homeless. Ms M had applied to Wolverhampton as homeless in 2020. The...
Bano, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Waltham Forest (2025) EWCA Civ 92 This was Waltham Forest's appeal of a judicial review (our note here) which had found that its housing duty to Ms Bano continued because WF had not made a vlid decision to...
Hussaini v Islington London Borough Council (2025) EWCA Civ 22 Mr Hussaini was a refugee. He had been accommodated in Barking & Dagenham area. On grant of leave to remain, he applied as homeless to Islington. Islington decided he did not have a local...
Ivory, R (On the Application Of) v Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (2025) EWCA Civ 21 A second appeal to the Court of Appeal from a judicial review of Welwyn Hatfield's rejection of a homelessness application by Ms Ivory, on the basis that it was based on...
Idara v Southwark LBC (2024) EWHC (KB) (unreported as yet) Thanks to 4-5 Grays Inn Square for their note of the case. This was an appeal to the High Court of the County Court's refusal to give permission for an out of time section 204 appeal. Southwark had...
Begum, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Tower Hamlets (2024) EWHC 2279 (Admin A brief note on this judicial review - brief in part because I'm not sure I actually grasp part of the challenge. Ms Begum had applied as homeless to Tower Hamlets in...
RR, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Enfield (2024) EWHC 2501 (Admin) This was a judicial review challenge to LB Enfield's allocation policy for priority on the housing register, on the basis that it discrimated against disabled applicants who...
ZRR, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Bexley (2024) EWHC 2073 (Admin) This was a judicial review of Bexley's contention that temporary accommodation offered to ZRR under s.190 Housing Act 1996 was suitable and its duty was discharged when ZRR...
UO v London Borough of Redbridge (2024) EWHC 1989 (Admin) We first saw UO and Redbridge in this judicial review of an unlawful housing needs assessment (HNA) and suitability decision. That decision was, to say the least, scathing about Redbridge's decision...
We are very grateful to Alice Irving of Doughty Street Chambers for the following note of a judgment in the Administrative Court on an application for interim relief. It is a very interesting case not only on section 188(1) accommodation but also on...