YA v London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham: Admn 27 Jul 2016

Claim by way of judicial review challenging the Defendant’s decision to refuse to enter the Claimant on the Defendant’s housing register.
Held:

Judges:

Marquand DHCJ

Citations:

[2016] HLR 39, [2016] EWHC 1850 (Admin)

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 4(1)

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

Overruled – Hussain and Others v The London Borough of Waltham Forest CA 19-Nov-2020
Facts of Spent Conviction Admissible at Common Law
The claimants sought licenses to manage houses in multiple occupation, but were refused, the council relying on spent convictions. The claimants sought summarily to strike out those parts of the pleadings referring to the spent convictions.
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Housing

Updated: 12 April 2022; Ref: scu.567658