''Hotak v London Borough of Southwark'' is a 2015 judgment of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. It is a landmark judgment concerning homelessness law and concerned the meaning of vulnerability under s.189(1)(c) of Part VII of the Housing Act.
[Meers, J. ''A Return to Purer Waters? ‘Vulnerability’ under s.189 Housing Act 199'' Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law (2015)] Hokak overturned the ''
R. v Camden LBC, ex p. Pereira'' case which introduced the so-called
Pereira Test of vulnerability whereby it was judged against the ordinary homeless person.
See also
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Gatekeeping (UK housing term)
References
{{Statutory homelessness in England
Homelessness and law
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom cases