The WLR Daily case summaries
[2024] WLR(D) 181
King’s Bench Division
Rex (Pickford) v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
[2024] EWHC 756 (Admin)
2024 March 12; April 12
Judge Tindal sitting as a High Court judge
Housing— Homeless persons— Suitability of accommodation— Claimant applying to local housing authority housing assistance as homeless person— Authority placing claimant and son in bed and breakfast accommodation— Whether authority breaching duty to secure that suitable interim accommodation available for homeless applicant— Whether bed and breakfast accommodation to be deemed unsuitable by virtue of statutory instrument— Whether appropriate to grant mandatory order requiring authority to comply with duty—
Housing Act 1996 (c 52), ss 188, 210(2)
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Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) Order (SI 2003/3326), arts 2, 3, 4