Jakimaviciute, R (On the Application Of) v Hammersmith And Fulham London Borough Council [2014] EWCA Civ 1438 Eligibility for allocation list, reasonable preference and homelessness. After a run of Court of Appeal housing decisions that might be mildly...
Impossible Preference: Excluding the homeless from housing lists
R (Jakimaviciute) v LB Hammersmith and Fulham [2013] EWHC 4372 (Admin) [Not generally available yet. I've seen a transcript] This judicial review permission hearing raises very significant issues for post Localism Act Council allocation policies. The central...
Subletting and Pt 6 waiting time on Iplayer
People who unlawfully sublet social housing (often at a vast profit) are, in my view, dishonest and immoral fraudsters who deserve a range of punishments too awful for a family-friendly blog like this to describe. I suspect that the makers of Council Houses:...
Perhaps you should get a move on?
R (Joseph) v LB Newham [2009] EWHC 2983 (Admin) We noted the permission decision in this case back in September 2009 when I expressed the view that, if Newham lost this case then some fish-based humiliation was due to them. Well, the claim for judicial...