Councils must not shelter behind doctors
Shala v. Birmingham City Council
Court of Appeal
“Local authorities had to take care not to appear to be using professional medical advisers simply to provide or shore up their reasons to refuse applicants’ applications for housing as persons in priority need.”
The Times, 6th July 2007
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