Biden v Waverley Borough Council

Subject Matter

LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Homeless person — Review of local authority decision — Homeless applicant requesting review of accommodation offered by local housing authority on ground not suitable having regard to her protected characteristics of disability and gender reassignment — Reviewing officer upholding authority’s decision — Whether inquiries made by reviewing officer sufficient for purposes of lawful review decision — Whether protected characteristic of gender reassignment imposing heightened duty on local authority — Whether reviewing officer complying with public sector equality duty — Housing Act 1996 (c 52), ss 193A, 202 — Equality Act 2010 (c 15), s 149

[2022] EWCA Civ 442; [2022] PTSR 1056; [2022] WLR(D) 166, CA