The defendant local authority had introduced a Council Tax Reduction scheme which purported to restrict concessions to thosewho had lived within the area for the previous two years. The claimants sought permission to judicially review the scheme as unlawful and discriminatory.
Held: Review was granted. The scheme was unlawful.
Hickinbottom J
[2014] EWHC 2617 (Admin), [2014] WLR(D) 349
Bailii, WLRD
Local Government Finance Act 1992, Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 123 131
Local Government, Rating
Updated: 18 December 2021; Ref: scu.535539
