Moran v Manchester City Council (Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government intervening)

Hearings

England & Wales

17 Apr 2008 [2008] EWCA Civ 378; [2008] 1 WLR 2387; [2008] 4 All ER 304; [2008] LGR 849, CA (Sir Anthony Clarke MR, Tuckey and Wilson LJJ)

27 Oct 2008 (pet all) [2008] 1 WLR 2821, HL(E) (Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Baroness Hale of Richmond and Lord Mance)

Additional names

Richards v Ipswich Borough Council (Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government intervening)

Subject Matter

LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Homeless persons — Whether “homeless intentionally” — Women occupying women's refuge evicted for misconduct — Women applying to local housing authority to be accommodated as homeless — Whether refuge “accommodation which it would be reasonable … to continue to occupy” — Relevant matters to be considered in determining whether reasonable for woman to continue to occupy accommodation — Particular matters relevant where accommodation women's refuge — Whether eviction rendering women intentionally homeless — Whether authority owing housing duty — Housing Act 1996, ss 175(1)(3), 191(1)

[2008] EWCA Civ 378; [2008] 1 WLR 2387; [2008] 4 All ER 304; [2008] LGR 849, CA

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