View source for WB v W District Council (2018) EWCA Civ 928

{{Case
|Date=2018/04/26
|NCN=[2018] EWCA Civ 928
|ICLR=[2018] WLR(D) 256
|Other citations=[2018] 3 WLR 2035
|Court=Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
|Judges=Arden, Lewison, Asplin
|Parties=WB, W District Council, Equality and Human Rights Commission
|Sentence=Homelessness
|Summary="This appeal is about when a person who is homeless and suffers from mental illness may apply for housing under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996. ... The difficulty for the appellant in this case, WB, is that it has been held she does not have capacity to make the decisions necessary to complete the process of applying for accommodation as a homeless person. In 1993, the House of Lords held that a homeless person with mental disabilities, who could not understand the choices she had to make when offered accommodation, could not be treated as a person in priority need..."
|Subject=Other capacity cases
|News=No
|RSS pubdate=2019/03/21 10:19:57 PM
}}