The Public and Third Sector Law Reports
[2014] PTSR 49
Court of Appeal
Chishimba
v
Kensington and Chelsea Royal London Borough Council
[2013] EWCA Civ 786
2013 March 25
Richards, Elias, Lewison LJJ
Local government— Homeless persons— Whether “homeless intentionally”— Local authority providing accommodation to applicant in reliance upon applicant’s counterfeit British passport— Applicant in fact ineligible for homeless assistance as overstayer— Authority recovering possession on discovering applicant’s ineligibility— Whether loss of accommodation caused by applicant’s deliberate act— Whether reasonable for applicant to continue to occupy accommodation—
Housing Act 1996 (c 52), s 191(1)
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