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Homelessness - 20 June 2012

August 2012 - Public Law. Legal Developments by 11KBW.

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In an extempore judgment R (on the application of Cranfield-Adams) v Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council (QBD, judgment of 19 June 2012) which has not yet been properly reported, Jeremy Stuart-Smith QC, sitting as a Deputy, held that it was lawful for a local housing authority and in accordance with its duty under s.193 of the Housing Act 1996 to defer a homeless man's application for housing for two years where he had previously refused a suitable offer of accommodation.

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