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) 32 HLR 517
Links:
Statutes:
Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 No 1971 Sch 6
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Regina v London Borough of Tower Hamlets ex parte Tower Hamlets Combined Traders Association QBD 19-Jul-1993
The court discussed the way in which local authorities should conduct their activities under the section: ‘[T]he budgetary exercise required of a local authority under section 32 is a part of its larger duty to administer its funds so as to protect . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Benefits, Administrative
Updated: 21 January 2023; Ref: scu.81238
