Lawstop: court cases and practice areas

Practice areas

Public and administrative law13
Housing7
Social welfare and education3
Family and children2
Immigration and asylum2

Courts

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)4
High Court12

Counsel most often instructed

Olivia Beach3

Judgments by year

20260
20252
20241
20236
20223
20212
20201
20190
20181

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Lawstop acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date	Case	Cited by
19 Dec 2018	AR, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham [2018] EWHC 3453 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court A local authority cannot use the Care Act 2014 to provide stand-alone accommodation or subsistence. Eligibility for care and support depends on needs arising…	4
24 Mar 2023	Nadia Zaman v London Borough Of Waltham Forest [2023] EWCA Civ 322 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division) When discharging homelessness functions, a local housing authority must generally try, where possible, to secure out-of-borough accommodation as close as…	4
11 Mar 2021	Ncube, R (on the application of) v Brighton and Hove City Council [2021] EWHC 578 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court A local authority’s power to provide temporary accommodation to rough sleepers with no recourse to public funds is not confined to Part VII of the Housing Act…	4
11 Aug 2023	Amina Ahamed, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Haringey [2023] EWCA Civ 975 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Accommodation which is suitable for the purpose of ending the relief duty under section 189B(7)(a) of the Housing Act 1996 may, in principle, still be…	3

Recent cases

Date	Case	Cited by
26 Mar 2025	Mohamed Conde, R (on the application of) v The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea [2025] EWHC 715 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court A housing authority has a wide discretion under section 202(3) of the Housing Act 1996 to extend the period for requesting a review. Relevant considerations…
26 Oct 2023	NS, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Office [2023] EWHC 2675 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court When deciding whether asylum accommodation is adequate or suitable, the Secretary of State must consider the supported person’s assessed needs and all…	1
11 Aug 2023	AI, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Wandsworth [2023] EWHC 2088 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court A local authority’s duty under section 42 of the Children and Families Act 2014 to secure the provision specified in an individual EHCP is absolute and…	1
11 Aug 2023	Amina Ahamed, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Haringey [2023] EWCA Civ 975 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Accommodation which is suitable for the purpose of ending the relief duty under section 189B(7)(a) of the Housing Act 1996 may, in principle, still be…	3
24 Mar 2023	Nadia Zaman v London Borough Of Waltham Forest [2023] EWCA Civ 322 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division) When discharging homelessness functions, a local housing authority must generally try, where possible, to secure out-of-borough accommodation as close as…	4
31 Jan 2023	Oday Yabari, R (on the application of) v The Lord Mayor and Citizens of the City of Westminster [2023] EWHC 185 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court The section 188(1) interim accommodation duty under the Housing Act 1996 has a low threshold and is ordinarily immediate. However, where an applicant’s medical…
21 Oct 2022	Shellett Rowe v London Borough of Haringey [2022] EWCA Civ 1370 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division) When deciding whether an applicant is homeless because it is unreasonable to continue occupying existing accommodation, a local authority applies a test…	2
15 Aug 2022	Shajmin Akter Parul (R on the application of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 2143 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court Once the Secretary of State has decided under section 4(2) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to provide accommodation to avert an imminent Article 3…
11 May 2022	DESIREE CORT (R on the application of) v LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH [2022] EWHC 1085 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court Local authorities have broad discretionary powers under section 138 of the Local Government Act 1972 and section 2B of the National Health Service Act 2006 to…	2
11 Mar 2021	Ncube, R (on the application of) v Brighton and Hove City Council [2021] EWHC 578 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court A local authority’s power to provide temporary accommodation to rough sleepers with no recourse to public funds is not confined to Part VII of the Housing Act…	4
11 Feb 2021	Amadu, R (On the Application Of) v Essex County Council (Rev 1) [2021] EWHC 256 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court At the permission stage of a judicial review challenging an age assessment, the court asks whether the evidence, taken at its highest, raises a factual case…
9 Oct 2020	Ncube, R (On the Application Of) v Brighton And Hove City Council [2020] EWHC 3646 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court Interim relief in a public-law claim requires a real issue to be tried, assessed with appropriate modification for the public-law context, and consideration of…

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