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Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases The Community Law Partnership acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 1 Dec 2009 |
[2009] UKSC 11 · Supreme Court
An action for recovery of land cannot be used to forestall occupation of wholly separate land. A possession order may cover a single property where trespassers…
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28 |
| 23 Jun 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 692 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The requirement that inappropriate Green Belt development be justified by “very special circumstances” does not impose two rigidly separate tests. The…
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27 |
| 15 Jul 2004 |
[2004] EWCA Civ 925 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Suitability of accommodation under the Housing Act 1996 is a broad, fact-sensitive concept. It includes the accommodation’s nature, location, condition and…
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24 |
| 17 Feb 2010 |
[2010] UKSC 8 · Supreme Court
A statutory entitlement to services or benefits in kind does not determine a “civil right” under article 6(1) where entitlement and performance depend upon a…
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22 |
| 4 May 2022 |
[2022] EWCA Civ 601 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where the main homelessness duty under Housing Act 1996, section 193(2), arises, a local housing authority must secure that suitable accommodation is available…
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18 |
| 27 Jun 2007 |
[2007] EWCA Civ 624 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A housing authority deciding whether a homeless applicant is vulnerable must consider all medical evidence capable of materially affecting the decision. It…
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13 |
| 8 Oct 2003 |
[2003] EWHC 2273 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A public authority exercising a statutory discretion may adopt a policy, but it must not withhold information about an important policy from persons who may…
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10 |
| 12 May 2021 |
[2021] EWHC 1201 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Final injunctions in civil proceedings bind the parties identified and served when the order is made. They do not bind “newcomers” who later fall within a…
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9 |
| 19 Jun 2003 |
[2003] EWCA Civ 835 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For planning law and policy, gypsy status depends on a functional assessment of whether the applicant has a nomadic habit of life at the date of the planning…
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9 |
| 7 Feb 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 48 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996, once a local housing authority accepts that an applicant is homeless, eligible, in priority need and not intentionally…
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8 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 17 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 920 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For the purpose of section 193(6)(d) of the Housing Act 1996, accommodation is “made available” only where the authority has discharged its housing function…
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| 20 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 329 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under section 191(1) of the Housing Act 1996, availability and reasonableness are generally assessed when the applicant ceased to occupy the accommodation. The…
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| 14 Feb 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 314 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A Public Spaces Protection Order must clearly identify the prohibited activity, the restricted area and any exceptions, particularly where breach attracts…
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| 12 Apr 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 756 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under the Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) Order 2003, B&B accommodation is deemed unsuitable for an applicant with family commitments…
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1 |
| 27 Oct 2023 |
[2023] EWCA Civ 1246 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For direct discrimination under article 14, an alleged other status must be a characteristic independent of the impugned treatment. It cannot be defined merely…
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2 |
| 25 Aug 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 2161 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
On an application under Town and Country Planning Act 1990, s 187B, the court must exercise an original and independent discretion. It must decide whether an…
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2 |
| 7 Aug 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 2055 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In interpreting Green Belt policy, the examples following “such as” in a category of permitted material changes of use are not open-ended. An undescribed use…
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| 15 Jun 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 1479 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
A site licence need not be in force for land to qualify as a protected site under the Caravan Sites Act 1968 and the Mobile Homes Act 1983. However, on…
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1 |
| 22 Mar 2023 |
[2023] EWCA Civ 308 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Local Government Act 1972 section 233 applies where a local authority serves a notice which an enactment requires or authorises. Its scope does not depend on…
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3 |
| 31 Oct 2022 |
[2022] EWCA Civ 1391 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where a policy causes admitted indirect discrimination in its application to an affected individual, the policy-maker bears the burden of justification. The…
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3 |
| 14 Sep 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 2328 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
A public law challenge to a local authority’s possession decision faces a high threshold. An Article 8 possession defence requires an assessment, at trial, of…
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| 4 May 2022 |
[2022] EWCA Civ 601 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where the main homelessness duty under Housing Act 1996, section 193(2), arises, a local housing authority must secure that suitable accommodation is available…
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18 |
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