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Huzrat v London Borough of Hounslow: CA 21 Nov 2013

The applicant sought housing as a homeless person.
Held: Moses LJ said: ‘The statutory questions are clear; was the action or omission in question deliberate? The answer to that question cannot differ [according to] whether the local authority takes into account the duty under section 11 of the Children’s [sic] Act or not.’

Moses, Beatson, Briggs LJJ
[2013] EWCA Civ 1865
Bailii
Housing Act 1996 1931( 193(2), Children Act 1989
England and Wales
Cited by:
CitedNzolameso 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 . .

Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Housing, Children

Updated: 01 December 2021; Ref: scu.522304

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