Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2002] All ER (D) 37 (Dec)
Court: Queen's Bench Division
Judge:

Newman J
Representation Nicola Braganza (instructed by Ole Hansen & Partners) for the claimants.
  Joshua Swirsky (instructed by Deborah Holmes) for the authority.
Judgment Dates: 4 December 2002

Catchwords

Human rights - Privacy - Private and family life - Provision of social housing - Exercise by local authority of its statutory powers - Claim for damages for breach of Convention rights - European Convention on Human Rights, art 8.

The Case

The claimants' claim for damages under the brought on the basis that the manner in which the defendant authority had exercised its statutory powers in respect of the claimants' housing breached the claimants' right to respect for their private and family life under art8 of the European Convention on Human Rights was dismissed since in the circumstances, the claimants' art8 rights had not been engaged.

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