Disability and human rights

R (on the application of Idolo) v Bromley London Borough Council [2020] EWHC 860 (Admin)

The Administrative Court has held that a local authority had not failed in its duties under the Care Act 2014 because of a delay in re-housing a disabled resident into suitable accommodation. The court found that re-housing needs, even if identified through the Care Act route, could not cut short the detailed system of balanced priorities under the Housing Act 1996. The court stated that due to the cost implications of bringing such claims, it was incumbent on counsel at the permission stage to explain why it would not be more appropriate to pursue internal complaints procedures, the Ombudsman’s procedures or other systems dealing economically and expeditiously with compensation for maladministration.