R v Waveney District Council, ex parte Bowers
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1982 |
| Date | 1982 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Civil Division) |
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19 cases
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Kyle Bankole-Jones v Watford Borough Council
...they may mean different things to different people. 41. The expression “fend for oneself” was used by Waller LJ in R v Waveney District Council, Ex p Bowers [1983] QB 238, 244H, and no doubt was a useful way of expressing oneself in the context of that case (which was concerned with sectio......
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Michala Hodge v Folkestone and Hythe District Council
...failed this test, he [sc Lord Brightman] instanced Diogenes's tub. The modern equivalent would be the night shelter in Reg. v Waveney District Council ex p Bowers [1983] QB 238, in which the applicant could have a bed for the night if one was available, but had to walk the streets of Lowes......
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Moran v Manchester City Council; Richards v Ipswich Borough Council
...… with liberality having regard to its social purposes”. 26 Shortly after the decision in Sidhu came that of Stephen Brown J. in R v. Waveney DC ex p. Bowers, The Times, 25 May 1982 (“ Bowers”), reversed by this court on another point ( [1983] 1 QB 238). A man sought judicial review of a de......
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Awua v Brent London Borough Council
...of shelter which would have failed this test, he instanced Diogenes's tub. The modern equivalent would be the night shelter in R. v. Waveney District Council, Ex parte Bowers, The Times, 25 May 1982, in which the applicant could have a bed if one was available but had to walk the streets of......
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Risking Housing Need
...are entitled to ‘suitable’ accommodation. What is suitable is dis-cussed below as a question of risk.27 R. v. Waveney DC ex parte Bowers [1983] Q.B. 238; compare R. v. Kensington and ChelseaRBC ex parte Kihara (1996) 29 H.L.R. 147.28 R. v. Bath CC ex parte Sangermano (1984) 17 H.L.R. 94.29 ......