R (Clearsprings Ready Homes Ltd) v Swindon Magistrates’ Court

Subject Matter

HOUSING — Private rented sector — Licensing of houses — Lessee of properties licensed as houses in multiple occupation providing accommodation for asylum seekers in return for payment from Home Office — Whether lessee “manager” of properties for purpose of licensing regime — Whether “manager” including “person having control” of premises while not receiving rent from occupants — Housing Act 2004 (c 34), ss 64(3)(c), 234, 263 — Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation (England) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/372), reg 2(c)

[2024] EWHC 2023 (Admin); [2025] 1 WLR 2118; [2024] WLR(D) 527, DC