| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2004] All ER (D) 22 (May) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2004] EWCA Civ 535 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Civil Division |
| Judge: | Lord Woolf CJ, Rix and Carnwath LJJ |
| Representation | Stephen Knafler (instructed by Anthony Gold) for the claimant. |
| Hilton Harrop-Griffiths (instructed by John Suddaby) for the authority. | |
| Elisabeth Laing (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the Secretary of State. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 4 May 2004 |
Catchwords
Housing - Local authority - Accommodation for infirm destitute asylum seeker - Accommodation for infirm destitute asylum seeker's children - Responsibility of local authority to provide accommodation for infirm destitute asylum seeker - Responsibility of Secretary of State to provide accommodation for children - s 21 - ss 95, 122.
The Case
It was the duty of the local authority under s21 of the to support an 'infirm destitute', notwithstanding that she was also an asylum seeker. However, it was the duty of the National Asylum Support Service to support her children under s122 of the .
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