The Weekly Law Reports
[2009] 1 WLR 413
House of Lords
*Holmes-Moorhouse v Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council
[2009] UKHL 7
2008 Nov 27;
2009 Feb 4
2009 Feb 4
Lord Hoffmann, Lord Scott of Foscote, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury
Local government— Homeless persons— Priority need— Family court making uncontested shared residence order by consent in respect of three children— Local authority rejecting homeless father’s application for accommodation as homeless person in priority need— Whether family court order determinative of whether children “might reasonably be expected to reside” with father— Whether local housing authority obliged to evaluate reasonableness of expectation— Whether scarcity of housing resources relevant to evaluation of reasonableness— Whether children residing or merely staying with father—
Children Act 1989 (c 41), ss 1(3)(f), 8(1)
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Housing Act 1996 (c 52), s 189(1)(b)