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...
Suitability and housing needs assessments again
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...
Late s.202 reviews and what gets appealed.
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...
Of late reviews and multiple appeals
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...
Accommodation pending review – getting it wrong at s.189B stage
R (on the application of Laryea) v London Borough of Ealing (2019) QBD (Admin) 29/08/2019 (Not on Bailli, note of extempore judgment on Lawtel) Mr L was homeless and suffered from epilepsy and PTSD. He had applied to Ealing as homeless. He was placed in...
Significantly more vulnerable – how much, or what kind?
Panayiotou v London Borough of Waltham Forest (2017) EWCA Civ 1624 This is an important court of appeal decision on the meaning of 'significantly' in Lord Neuberger's definition of vulnerability under s.189(1)(c) Housing Act 1996 in Hotak v Southwark LBC...