Housing: Homeless Persons and Review of Accommodation Needs

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Mon, 08 Dec 2014

Tim Jones, barrister at No5 Chambers, recently gave a talk titled ‘Housing: Homeless Persons and Review of Accommodation Needs’ at the Judicial Review Seminars which were held in Birmingham and London.

You can download the notes below, which consider some selected topics in the broad (and full of case law) topic of homeless persons, together with a brief mention of the duty of local housing authorities to carry out a review of accommodation needs. 

Details of upcoming events can be found on the Seminars and Events page.
The Public Law Group Clerks can be contacted on 0845 210 5555, or at public@no5.com

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