The child applicant sought housing assistance.
Held: The child’s welfare had obviously to be taken into account, but it could not be the paramount consideration as this would be inconsistent with the statutory language.
Sullivan, Patten, Vos LJJ
[2014] HLR 32, [2014] WLR(D) 238, [2014] EWCA Civ 660, [2014] 1 WLR 4112
Bailii, WLRD
Housing Act 1996
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Nzolameso v City of Westminster SC 2-Apr-2015
The court was asked ‘When is it lawful for a local housing authority to accommodate a homeless person a long way away from the authority’s own area where the homeless person was previously living? ‘ The claimant said that on applying for housing she . .
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Housing, Immigration, Children
Updated: 03 December 2021; Ref: scu.525628