Runa Begum v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council

Subject Matter

LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Homeless persons — 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, ss 202, 204 — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 6(1) — Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Allocation of Housing and Homelessness Functions) Order 1996, art 3

[2003] UKHL 5; [2003] 2 AC 430; [2003] 2 WLR 388; [2003] 1 All ER 731; [2003] LGR 205; [2003] HLR 32, HL(E)

Commentary

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Right to a Fair and Public Hearing and Civil Litigation - Independent and impartial tribunal 91.48

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