Judgment for the appellant in Mr Juraj Hynek -v- London Borough of Islington and (1) The Aire Centre (2) The 3Million Ltd - K40CL206
Judgment was given on Friday 24th May 2024 in relation to the appellant’s appeal under section 204 of the Housing Act 1996 (“the Act”) in relation to the respondent local housing authority’s review decision dated 5 September 2023.
Mr Toby Vanhegan instructed by Dirghayu Patel at Lawstop Solicitors acted for the appellant.
This appeal is significant in that, rather than dealing with issues such as suitability or priority need, as would normally be the case in such appeals, it deals with some important questions about the effect of legislation governing the UK’s departure from the EU, contained in The Agreement of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union, otherwise known as the Withdrawal Agreement, (referred to in this judgment as “WA”) and the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (“the Charter”) with specific focus upon housing homeless applicants, in particular former EU nationals who have remained in the UK following the UK’s departure. In this particular case, the appellant is a Slovakian national, and is as such an EU national.
As a result, there is considerable interest in this case. Permission was granted to allow two intervenors, The Aire Group, a charity and pro bono law centre providing specialist advice in areas of EU and European human rights law (‘the First Intervenor’) and The 3Million Limited (‘the Second Intervenor’), a grassroots organisation for EU citizens in the UK, to intervene and make representations in such cases.
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