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Imam, R (On the Application Of) v The London Borough of Croydon (2021) EWHC 739 (Admin) This is the judgment in a judicial review claim seeking a declaration that Croydon was in breach of its statutory duty under section 193(2) of the Housing Act 1996 to...
Ngnoguem v Milton Keynes Council (2021) EWCA Civ 396 We've seen this prefigured in Stanley v Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (2020) EWCA Civ 1458 (our note), but the relevant parts of that judgment on late reviews were strictly obiter, as the court had found...
The much-anticipated decision in R(Ncube) v Brighton and Hove City Council (2021) EWHC 578 (Admin) has arrived, confirming that in an emergency, "Everyone In" really does mean everyone. Mr Ncube was a rough sleeper and refused asylum seeker from Zimbabwe...
In this irrationality challenge, R(Minott) v Cambridge City Council (2021) EWHC 211 (Admin), the High Court rejected Mr Minott's claim that his unlawful occupation of a property gave him a local connection to Cambridge. It also rejected his submission that...
Merritt v Thurrock Council & Anor (2021) EW Misc 2 (CC) A county court case of duelling injunction applications concerning Ms Merritt's (re)occupation of what had been temporary accommodation arranged by Thurrock and managed by Midos Managment Co Ltd...
To end this horrible year, a video that is most definitely not a review of 2020.... (For reasons that were beyond me, the audio drafts out of sync once the edited video is exported from the editing app. I've tried to correct it but alas to no avail. I think...
AB v London Borough of Barnet. County Court at Central London, 1 October 2020. HHJ Saunders (Unreported. Copy of judgment here.) A s.204 Housing Act 1996 appeal of a review decision that an offer of accommodation in West Yorkshire was suitable in discharge...
Nikolaeva v London Borough of Redbridge (2020) EWCA Civ 1586 A quick note on this Court of Appeal decision concerning offers of permanent accommodation in discharge of duty. Ms N was owed the full housing duty as homeless by LB Redbridge. An offer of a...
Bullale v City of Westminster Council [2020] EWCA Civ 1587 An important Court of Appeal judgment on when intervening accommodation is settled so as to end the effect of a previous finding of intentional homelessness, including a careful revision of Doka v...
London Borough of Bromley v Broderick (2020) EWCA Civ 152 When assessing the suitability of a (refused) offer of accommodation made under s.193 Housing Act 1996 duty, what is the relevant date, or dates? That was the issue for the Court of Appeal in this...
Stanley v Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (2020) EWCA Civ 1458 A second appeal on the vexed issue of s.204 appeals of late or 'out of time' s.202 reviews. We've seen this issue come up earlier this year (and indeed before) but now the Court of Appeal has had...
On 22 October 2020, the government published just over 500 pages of changes to the immigration rules. Thankfully, most of those can be ignored by this blog. But there is one bit that we really, really, need to talk about. With effect from 9am on 1 December...