Desnousse v Newham London Borough Council

Subject Matter

LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Homeless persons — Temporary accommodation — Claimant applying for accommodation as homeless person — Local housing authority providing accommodation pending final decision — Housing authority finding that claimant homeless intentionally — Accommodation provided for further 28 days to enable claimant to secure accommodation herself — Whether accommodation “premises occupied as a dwelling under a licence” — Whether owner obliged to obtain court order before evicting claimant — Protection from Eviction Act 1977, s 3(2B) (as inserted by Housing Act 1988, s 30(2)) — Housing Act 1996, ss 188(1), 190(2)(a) — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 8

[2006] QB 831; [2006] 3 WLR 349