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Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Morrison Spowart Solicitors acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 2 Jul 2010 |
[2010] EWCA Civ 755 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An offer of permanent accommodation expressly made under section 193(7) of the Housing Act 1996 cannot subsequently be treated as an offer under section…
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8 |
| 12 Apr 2006 |
[2006] EWCA Civ 394 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For a local housing authority to end its homelessness duty by a final offer under section 193(7F) of the Housing Act 1996, it must separately be satisfied both…
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8 |
| 19 Oct 2017 |
[2017] EWCA Civ 1624 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For priority need under section 189(1)(c) of the Housing Act 1996, an applicant is significantly more vulnerable where a relevant characteristic creates a risk…
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6 |
| 2 Aug 2019 |
[2019] EWCA Civ 1405 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A statutory homelessness appeal under section 204 of the Housing Act 1996 is not a claim for judicial review within the exception in section 113(3)(a) of the…
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3 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 21 Oct 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 1336 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Section 184 of the Housing Act 1996 governs initial inquiries into homelessness. It does not impose additional notification or review-notice requirements when…
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1 |
| 16 Apr 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 933 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
For discrimination arising from disability under section 15 of the Equality Act 2010, proportionality is assessed objectively and in the round. The court must…
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| 18 Mar 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 277 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A review under section 202 of the Housing Act 1996 is confined to the particular statutory decision or decisions identified in the applicant’s request. A…
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1 |
| 18 Sep 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 2487 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A local authority conducting a reassessment under section 17 of the Children Act 1989 must consider the totality of the evidence, including information…
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| 2 Aug 2019 |
[2019] EWCA Civ 1405 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A statutory homelessness appeal under section 204 of the Housing Act 1996 is not a claim for judicial review within the exception in section 113(3)(a) of the…
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3 |
| 12 Jul 2018 |
[2018] EWCA Civ 1616 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where a homelessness review officer identifies a deficiency or irregularity in the original decision but is minded to reach an adverse outcome, regulation…
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| 19 Oct 2017 |
[2017] EWCA Civ 1624 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For priority need under section 189(1)(c) of the Housing Act 1996, an applicant is significantly more vulnerable where a relevant characteristic creates a risk…
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6 |
| 17 Dec 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 1604 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
On a second appeal in homelessness proceedings, permission may be granted where the proposed appeal raises an important point of principle or practice, or…
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| 9 Dec 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 1501 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A renewed application for permission to appeal should be granted where a proposed ground raises a real and important point of principle that cannot fairly be…
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| 2 Jul 2010 |
[2010] EWCA Civ 755 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An offer of permanent accommodation expressly made under section 193(7) of the Housing Act 1996 cannot subsequently be treated as an offer under section…
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8 |
| 11 Dec 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 1642 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For priority need under Housing Act 1996, section 189(1)(c), vulnerability requires comparison with a hypothetically ordinary homeless person. The applicant…
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| 16 Jul 2008 |
[2008] EWHC 1852 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Where a judicial review has become practically academic, the court may still decide costs by examining the apparent merits, while keeping proportionality and…
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