17/04/2008
The Court of Appeal has today handed down judgment in the two conjoined appeals of Manchester City Council v Moran and Richards v Ipwsich City Council [2008].
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27/10/08 UPDATE: The Appeal Committee has today granted Sharon Moran leave to appeal to the House of Lords. Richards did not seek permission to appeal.
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(A) Manchester City Council v Sharon Moran and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (B) Rosemary Richards v Ipswich Borough Council and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2008] EWCA Civ 378
> judgment
Commentary on this judgment appears in our July 2008 Housing Team Legal Bulletin
Jan Luba QC and Adam Fullwood appeared for Sharon Moran, instructed by Shelter Manchester Housing Aid Centre.
> Refuge is "accommodation" - The Times Law Reports 20th May 2008
> Read law report in the WLR Daily [2008] WLR (D) 112
> 23/4/08 - Ruling on Women's Refuges has "serious implications" (Solicitors Journal)