The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[2003] 2 AC 430
House of Lords
Runa Begum
v
Tower Hamlets London Borough Council (First Secretary of State intervening)
[2003] UKHL 5
2003 Jan 15,
16;
Feb 13
Feb 13
Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Millett and Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe
Local government
— Homeless person
— Refusal of offer of accommodation
— Local authority officer reviewing offer and concluding that accommodation suitable
— Homeless person appealing to county court
— Whether statutory scheme for review and appeal compatible with homeless person's right to fair determination of civil rights
—
Housing Act 1996 (c 52), ss. 202, 204
—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch. 1, Pt I, art 6(1)