Hodge v Folkestone and Hythe District Council (2023) EWCA Civ 896 A second appeal to the Court of Appeal on Folkestone's decision that Ms Hodge as intentionally homeless because she had left a room in a hostel run by a charity that she was occupying under...
Bullale again – settled accommodation and intentional homelessness
My grateful thanks to Nick Bano of Garden Court for a copy of this judgment. He sent it to me some time ago, but I then misplaced it, so the delay in this appearing is entirely my fault. Following the the Court of Appeal judgment in Bullale v City of...
Intervening but overcrowded accommodation
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...
A question of authority – settled accommodation
Well now. I'm not sure what to make of this. The Supreme Court has refused permission to appeal in Doka v London Borough of Southwark. But... Doka v Southwark concerned what could amount to 'settled accommodation' for homelessness matters, and specifically...
How long has this been going on? – settled accommodation
Doka v London Borough of Southwark [2017] EWCA Civ 1532 The issue in this second appeal was what amounts to 'settled accommodation', sufficient to break the chain of causation of intentional homelessness. Mr D was homeless and in priority need. However,...