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London Borough of Enfield v A (2025) EWCA Civ 1355 This was a second appeal from a s.204 Housing Act 1996 appeal of the suitability of temporary accommodation. The appeal was by LB Enfield, Ms A having been successful on first appeal. The issues were i)...
The Mayor and Burgesses of The London Borough of Wandsworth v Jerome Young (2025) EWCA Civ 1336 There is a lot going on in this Court of Appeal appeal of a possession order. The two primary issues were i) whether a notification of review rights of a decision...
Hammad, R (on the application of) v Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (2025) EWHC 2425 (Admin) This was a judicial review of RBKC's failure to provide suitable accommodation under s.193 Housing Act 1996 to Mr H and his household. By the time of the...
Fatolahzadeh v London Borough of Barnet (Rev1) (2025) EWCA Civ 1174 A further Court of Appeal decision on whether an alleged failure to carry out a housing needs assessment under s.189A Housing Act 1996 of a homeless applicant invalidates subsequent...
AN, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (2025) EWHC 2265 (Admin) This was a judicial review of i) Barking's alleged failure to produce a lawful Housing Needs Assessment (HNA) as required by section 18(A Housing Act 1996, and...
(As ever, we are very grateful to Mike Norman of Harrow Law Centre for his updates on housing law in Wales. This is the second of two posts by Mike on the huge changes in homelessness law set out in the Homelessness and Social Housing (Wales) Bill, including...
Anisa Begum v London Borough of Tower Hamlets (2025) EWCA Civ 1049 We saw this judicial review claim in the High Court here. The claim was dismissed and Ms Begum appealed to the Court of Appeal. Shelter was given permission to intervene. The issue was...
(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 the Homelessness and Social Housing (Wales) Bill, including...
Our grateful thanks to Miranda Grell of Staple Inn Chambers for this report of a section 204A appeal of a refusal to provide accommodation pending appeal, including counsel's unapproved note of the ex tempore judgment. The refusal decison was quashed and,...
Our grateful thanks to Daniel Grütters of One Pump Court Chambers for this note of a Section 204 appeal of a review decision that it was reasonable for appellant to continue to occupy her accommodation, so she was not homeless. The key issue is the always...
Our grateful thanks to Frank Bowmaker, pupil barrister at One Pump Court Chambers, for the following note of a section 204 appeal of a suitability review decision, on the issue of documents missing from the housing file, and the review not dealing with...
R (ex parte AIN) v London Borough of Tower Hamlets. High Court (Admin) 29 April 2025 (Unreported elsewhere. We have a full note of judgment (unapproved) from the claimant's solicitors, Osbornes Law, for which we are grateful). It is interesting in its...