Case law

The UK Supreme Court recently considered issues around eligibility of certain foreign nationals for certain benefits and housing assistance.

In Samin v Westminster City Council [2016] UKSC 1 the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal which sought to incorporate a proportionality requirement into the statutory test for eligibility, and to argue that the test itself was discriminatory under EU law.

In July 2015 Housing Rights reported on the seminal UK Supreme Court decision of Hotak and others (Appellants) v London Borough of Southwark and another (Respondents) [2015] UKSC 30.

In a recent High Court case, Fernhill Properties v McCambridge [2015] NICh 9, the court decided that a purchaser of an apartment was not entitled to withdraw from the contract because the vendor had subsequently sold other apartments in the block to a housing association.