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The Court of Appeal has - today - given judgment in R (Liverpool CC) v London Borough of Hillingdon and Ayan Khan (interested party) [2009] EWCA Civ 1702, a case concerning two local authorities who were in dispute over which one of them should be providing...
The housing/social services relationship is one of the "hot topics" in housing law at the moment and, before we come to R (on the application of A) v Coventry City Council [2009] EWHC 34 (Admin), a bit of background is needed. A bit of background There are...
R (Hassan) v Croydon LBC (Admin Court 13 January 2009. Only reported so far in Arden Chambers eflash 336) was a judicial review on the discretion to secure accommodation pending s.202 review under s.188(3) HA 1996 and whether a potential duty under s.20...
"That is the question, easy to ask but not so easy to answer" - as it takes the Court of Appeal 40 pages (right before Christmas, thank you very much, hence this rather late note) to answer that question in R (A) v LB Croydon; R (M) v LB Lambeth [2008] EWCA...
AC, R (on the application of) v Birmingham City Council [2008] EWHC 3036 (Admin) was a judicial review which concerned funding for an illegal overstayer and her family under s.17 Children Act 1989, although it would also apply for s.20 funding. The Claimant...
I am strangely and unaccountably late with this one - I can only presume it was released late by Bailii and it was August anyway. But finally, here is R(M) v Barnet LBC [2008] EWHC 2354 (Admin), a judicial review on a decision to assist a 17 year old under...
This is a significant case on whether Social Services or Housing Departments have a duty to accommodate a homeless child and whether a s.20 Children Act duty arises. G, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Southwark [2008] EWCA Civ 877 was a case in...
A couple of cases came up today, one at the Court of Appeal, one Judicial Review, that are of marginal or tangential relevance to housing law, but may well be of interest to some. I'm not doing reports but the cases are: Liverpool City Council, R (on the...
C, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Lambeth [2008] EWHC 1230 (Admin) is, in the end, mainly concerned with education, but there is quite a bit of interest to housing people. The issue was the duties owed to the Claimant under s.23 and s.24...
As ever, housing cases come in a flood after a drought. Jones v London Borough of Merton [2008] EWCA Civ 660 on when liability for mesne profits ends after the tolerated trespasser leaves a property. Hanoman v London Borough of Southwark [2008] EWCA Civ 624...
A couple of recent cases concerning local authorities' duties under s.20 Childrens Act 1989 R (On The Application of M) (Fc) V London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Appellate Committee [2008] UKHL 14 concerns the varied responsibilities of Social Services...
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...