Haringey London Borough Council v Awaritefe, Secretary of State for Social Security Intervening: CA 3 Jun 1999
A Local Authority could reclaim overpaid Housing Benefits even though it had failed to follow precisely the required procedures for such a recovery, provided that it could demonstrate that the failing was immaterial, and that the failure caused the defendant no injustice. Judges: Rich, Otton, Pill LJJ Citations: Times 03-Jun-1999, [1999] EWCA Civ 1491, (2000) … Continue reading Haringey London Borough Council v Awaritefe, Secretary of State for Social Security Intervening: CA 3 Jun 1999