Archive for July 2008

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Faarah Allocation Appeal

12 Jul 2008 By Nearly Legal Housing Law

This was a judicial review against Southwark’s allocation policy, reported in this post, which Southwark, rather surprisingly, appealed.
Faarah, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Southwark [2008] EWCA Civ 807 was the result. The issue was the manner in which Southwark had translated medical priority points for transfer under the old allocation scheme [...]

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S.204 Appeal out of time

12 Jul 2008 By Nearly Legal Housing Law

Barrett v LB Southwark [2008] EWHC 1568 (Comm) was an appeal of a dismissed application for permission to make a s.204 appeal out of time on an intentional homelessness decision upheld at s.202 review. For some reason it was heard in the Commercial Court (?) and it isn’t yet on Bailii, but is on Lawtel [...]

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Gilboy redux

2 Jul 2008 By Nearly Legal Housing Law

Gilboy, R (on the application of) v Liverpool City Council & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 751 is the appeal from the Judical Revew decision noted in this previous post.
The appeal, was by general consent, on one issue alone. Does the internal review procedure for reconsideration by local housing authorities of a decision to terminate a [...]

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