Raw, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Lambeth [2010] EWHC 507 (Admin) This case is a vivid illustration of the difficulties of challenging a Local Authority's apparent homelessness gatekeeping practices, or alternatively, if you are a Local...
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...
Rent arrears, transfers and Weaver in operation
McIntyre & Anor, R (on the application of) v Gentoo Group Ltd [2010] EWHC 5 (Admin) This was the judicial review of North Sunderland Housing Company's refusal to permit an exchange of homes by the Claimants, joint assured tenants, with another NSHC...
Gimme shelter
R (Garbet) v Circle 33 Housing Trust and another [2009] EWHC 3153 (Admin) [link is to a .doc] was discussed by us (via news reports in Inside Housing and on Radio 4) below. I asked for a transcript and, as if by magic, one was provided. I stand by my...
Penal Notices on Admin Court orders?
MSA v London Borough of Croydon [2009] EWHC 2474 (Admin) A technical point on judicial review cases here, but as it is something I've run up against in the past, I think it is interesting. Collins J considers whether a penal notice should be attached to an...
Without exception
R (Joseph) v LB Newham [2008] EWHC 1637 (Admin) Blanket policies are unlawful. A first year law undergraduate could tell you that. Any lawyer or public body which didn't know that would deserve public humilliation, probably involving being slapped across the...
RSLs support L&Q in Weaver appeal
According to Inside Housing, not only is L&Q to seek permission to appeal the Court of Appeal decision to the Lords/Supreme Court (and no surprise there) but the G15 group of the largest RSLs in London are potentially backing them, including funding. To...
RSL meet HRA, HRA meet RSL
Well, well, well. Or perhaps well, well, oh heck. The Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment in R (Weaver) v London & Quadrant Housing Trust [2009] EWCA Civ 587 and, by a majority, L&Q have lost. It will be remembered that Mrs Weaver was a...
Weaver v L&Q Newsflash
R(Weaver) v London & Quadrant [2009] EWCA Civ 587 is out (link to doc of the judgment thanks to Garden Court) This was the Court of Appeal hearing of L&Q's appeal of the High Court finding that it was a public authority in its housing function,...
Not interesting enough
McKenzie, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Waltham Forest [2009] EWHC 1097 (Admin) was a Judicial Review initially brought on grounds that the local authority refused to provide the claimant with temporary accommodation following her...
But I was getting Jobseekers…
R (Prince) v Social Security Commissioners & SoS for the DWP & London Borough of Southwark (Interested parties)[2009] EWHC 1181 (Admin) concerns what can only be described as a bit of a chancer. Mr Prince had claimed Jobseekers Allowance. He had also claimed...
Age Assessment and Medical Reports
Apologies for not getting this one out on Friday or over the weekend. It was on my list, but, frankly, the details of this were off my usual turf and it took an hour or several to digest and fit in place. So, only a day or so late... A v London Borough of...