(R v Gravesham BC, ex p. Winchester (1986) 18 HLR 207 QBD at 215)
The court considered the nature of the assessment required of a housing auithority when application was made by a person claiming to be homeless. Simon Brown J said: ‘The duty to make necessary inquiries is not a duty to make all inquiries in fact necessary before the truth can be ascertained. A council which makes ... Read more