The WLR Daily case summaries
[2024] WLR(D) 154
King’s Bench Division
R (FG) v Kensington and Chelsea Royal London Borough Council
[2024] EWHC 780 (Admin)
2024 Jan 16, 17; April 9
Murray J
Discrimination— Disability— Housing— Claimant suffering from paranoid schizophrenia accommodated by local authority pursuant to main housing duty— Claimant alleging discrimination due to continuing noise and smell in property allocated by authority to which claimant having heightened sensitivity— Whether local authority owing duty to make reasonable adjustments to avoid disadvantage to disabled person— Whether allocation of permanent accommodation falling within statutory provisions dealing with authority’s public functions or those dealing with disposal and management of premises—
Equality Act 2010 (c 15), ss 20, 32(3)(b), Sch 2, para 2