10 July 2008
R (Weaver) v London and Quadrant Housing Trust [2008] EWHC 1377 (Admin), [2008] All ER (D) 307 (Jun)
The management and allocation of housing stock by a housing trust which is a registered social landlord under the Housing Act 1996, including decisions concerning the termination of a tenancy, is a function of a public nature, with the effect that the registered social landlord is to regarded as a public authority for the purposes of s 6(3)(b) of the Human Rights Act 1998 and so is amenable to judicial review on conventional public law grounds in respect of its performance of that function.
