Ugiagbe v London Borough of Southwark: CA 10 Feb 2009

The claimant said that the defendant had acted unlawfully in finding her to homeless intentionally. Her landlord had said that she was to leave. She sought housing but did not at first follow the homelessness procedure. She left the house though before a court order, being ignorant of her rights.
Held: The failure to look for advice after being given informal advice did not make the applicant homeless intentionally.

Sedley LJ, Jacob LJ, Lloyd LJ
[2009] EWCA Civ 31, Times 18-Feb-2009
Bailii
Housing Act 1996 191
England and Wales
Citing:
CitedRegina v London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham ex parte Lusi 1991
The applicants who were Turkish, and had moved from England to Turkey in order to undertake a business activity there, but it had not proved successful and they then returned to England, and sought to be treated as homeless.
Held: The court . .
CitedCentral Estates (Belgravia) Ltd v Woolgar (No 2) CA 20-Jun-1972
Right to forfeit waived by rent demand
The landlords’ managing agents learned that the tenant had been convicted of keeping a brothel at the premises and served a section 146 notice intending to forfeit the tenancy. He told his staff and instructed them not to demand or accept rent. But . .

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