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[2022] WLR(D) 311
Court of Appeal
Abdikadir v Ealing London Borough Council
[2022] EWCA Civ 979
2022 June 28; July 15
Lewison, King, Asplin LJJ
Local Government— Homeless person— Review of local housing authority decision— Accommodation offered in neighbouring authority— Local authority failing to notify authority for district where placement offered— Claimant refusing accommodation and seeking review— Local authority confirming duty ending on review— Whether failure to notify other authority invalidating review decision— Whether local authority failing to secure accommodation within its own district “so far as reasonably practicable”—
Housing Act 1996, ss 193(2)(5), 206, 208(1)(2)