R (M) v Slough Borough Council 130

[2008] UKHL 52; [2008] 4 All ER 831; [2008] 1 WLR 1808; [2008] All ER (D) 412

House of Lords

United Kingdom

30th July, 2008

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Case Name †	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index
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Amos v Hogg	[2018] NSWSC 1226	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	15 Aug 2018	AustLII	7
Anderson v Hill	[2017] NSWSC 1149	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	30 Aug 2017	AustLII	17
Armitage v Fraser	[2020] NSWSC 979	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	30 Jul 2020	AustLII	5
Aslam (Migration)	[2019] AATA 6759	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	2 Oct 2019	AustLII
Baird v Harris	[2015] NSWSC 803	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	24 Jun 2015	AustLII	4
Barbuto, Bradley v Barbuto; Barbuto, James v Barbuto	[2019] NSWSC 1023	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	13 Aug 2019	AustLII	5
BCD, R (On the Application Of) v Birmingham Children's Trust	[2023] EWHC 137 (Admin)	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	26 Jan 2023	BAILII	1
Bezjak v Wyatt	[2018] NSWSC 199	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	28 Feb 2018	AustLII	11
Bhairo (Migration)	[2020] AATA 2780	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	28 May 2020	AustLII
Boaz v Hyde	[2014] NSWSC 1591	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	6 Nov 2014	AustLII	2
Boettcher v Driscoll	[2014] SASC 86; (2014) 119 SASR 523	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	4 Jul 2014	AustLII	92
Bowers v Bowers	[2020] NSWSC 109	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	20 Feb 2020	AustLII	10
Bremner v Graham	[2016] NSWSC 633	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	17 May 2016	AustLII	9
Cardiff County Council, R (on the application of) v The Welsh Ministers	[2009] EWHC 3684 (Admin)	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	3 Jun 2009	BAILII	1
Carusi-Lees v Carusi	[2017] NSWSC 590	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	18 May 2017	AustLII	3
Chapman v Ingold; Estate of the Late Eleanor Merle Ingold	[2015] NSWSC 1604	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	29 Oct 2015	AustLII	3
Charlwood v Charlwood	[2017] NSWSC 1033	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	10 Aug 2017	AustLII	2
Chu v Ngar	[2015] NSWSC 1505	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	20 Oct 2015	AustLII	6
Ciric v Ciric	[2015] NSWSC 313	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	31 Mar 2015	AustLII	9
Clark v Ro	[2016] NSWSC 1877	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	21 Dec 2016	AustLII
Clarke v Clarke	[2022] NSWSC 1721	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	15 Dec 2022	AustLII	3
Cooper v Atkin	[2020] NSWSC 828	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	30 Jun 2020	AustLII	6
Cooper v Cooper	[2018] NSWSC 851	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	14 Jun 2018	AustLII	1
Davey v Oxfordshire County Council	[2017] EWCA Civ 1308	England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division	United Kingdom - England and Wales	1 Sep 2017	BAILII	5
Dimic v Djekovic	[2014] NSWSC 1502	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	30 Oct 2014	AustLII	16
Ding (Migration)	[2019] AATA 5767	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	29 Aug 2019	AustLII
Drummond v Drummond	[2019] NSWSC 993	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	15 Jul 2019	AustLII	1
East Sussex CC v TW	[2016] UKUT 528; [2017] ELR 119	United Kingdom Upper Tribunal	United Kingdom	25 Nov 2016	BAILII	4
Epov v Epov	[2014] NSWSC 1086	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	14 Aug 2014	AustLII	5
Gargano v Coves	[2018] NSWSC 985	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	3 Jul 2018	AustLII	10
Georgopoulos v Tsiokanis	[2022] NSWSC 563	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	11 May 2022	AustLII	13
Gray v Mather	[2016] NSWSC 699	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	2 Jun 2016	AustLII	5
Griffiths v Craigie	[2014] NSWSC 1339	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	2 Oct 2014	AustLII	3
Grover v NSW Trustee & Guardian	[2015] NSWSC 1048	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	4 Aug 2015	AustLII	2
Hancock, Shaun v Parker; Hancock, Lisa v Parker	[2017] NSWSC 759	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	20 Jun 2017	AustLII
Harnek Singh (Migration)	[2019] AATA 3629	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	20 Aug 2019	AustLII
Harris v Carter	[2020] NSWSC 196	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	6 Mar 2020	AustLII	11
Hinderry v Hinderry	[2016] NSWSC 780	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	20 Jun 2016	AustLII	19
Hotak v Southwark LBC	[2015] UKSC 30; [2015] 2 WLR 1341; [2016] AC 811	United Kingdom Supreme Court	United Kingdom	13 May 2015	BAILII	66
Hughes v Sharp	[2017] NSWSC 962	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	20 Jul 2017	AustLII	3
Islam (Migration)	[2019] AATA 5045	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	14 Nov 2019	AustLII
Jodell v Woods	[2017] NSWSC 143	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	1 Mar 2017	AustLII	14
Kallala (Migration)	[2019] AATA 5993	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	19 Aug 2019	AustLII
Keaton v Gumulak	[2020] NSWSC 943	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	23 Jul 2020	AustLII	7
Koellner v Spicer	[2019] NSWSC 1571	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	14 Nov 2019	AustLII	7
Kusumo v Kusumo	[2014] NSWSC 1704	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	2 Dec 2014	AustLII	2
Lancashire County Council, R (On the Application Of) v JM	[2021] EWHC 268 (Admin)	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	15 Feb 2021	BAILII	1
Law (Migration)	[2020] AATA 2537	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	20 May 2020	AustLII
Lawrence v Martin	[2014] NSWSC 1506	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	31 Oct 2014	AustLII	1
Life v Hall	[2016] NSWSC 316	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	31 Mar 2016	AustLII	2
Limberger v Limberger; Oakman v Limberger	[2021] NSWSC 474	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	6 May 2021	AustLII	23
LO v Department of Transport and Main Roads	[2018] QCAT 464	Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal	Australia - Queensland	25 Jul 2018	AustLII
Mallitt v Gow	[2022] NSWSC 1012	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	28 Jul 2022	AustLII	11
McDonald v O ’ Connor	[2019] NSWSC 261	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	14 Mar 2019	AustLII	9
McDonald v Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea	[2011] UKSC 33; [2011] 4 All ER 881; [2011] HRLR 36	United Kingdom Supreme Court	United Kingdom	6 Jul 2011	BAILII	51
McGarrity (Migration)	[2019] AATA 3624	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	14 Aug 2019	AustLII
Mears v Salier	[2014] NSWSC 934	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	15 Jul 2014	AustLII
MK v Secretary of State for the Home Department	[2012] EWHC 1896 (Admin)	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	10 Jul 2012	BAILII	6
Mohammed (Migration)	[2021] AATA 1202	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	16 Mar 2021	AustLII
Morier v Liem	[2016] NSWSC 582	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	10 May 2016	AustLII	9
Morton v Mangan	[2014] NSWSC 1731	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	5 Dec 2014	AustLII
Moxey v Bass	[2016] NSWSC 1022	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	26 Jul 2016	AustLII
N, R (on the application of) v Coventry City Council	[2008] EWHC 2786 (Admin)	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	17 Oct 2008	BAILII	2
Nassery, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Brent	[2010] EWHC 2326 (Admin)	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	30 Jul 2010	BAILII	2
Nassery, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Brent	[2011] EWCA Civ 539	England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division	United Kingdom - England and Wales	11 May 2011	BAILII	1
Navimana Widanage (Migration)	[2019] AATA 6897	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	16 Oct 2019	AustLII
Ngo (Migration)	[2019] AATA 6121	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	17 Oct 2019	AustLII
Nguyen (Migration)	[2019] AATA 6851	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	20 Dec 2019	AustLII
Nielsen v Kongspark	[2019] NSWSC 1821	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	18 Dec 2019	AustLII	5
North v Daniel	[2021] NSWSC 828	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	8 Jul 2021	AustLII	7
Okil, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Southwark	[2012] EWHC 1202 (Admin)	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	20 Apr 2012	BAILII	1
Oxley v Oxley	[2018] NSWSC 91	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	14 Feb 2018	AustLII	9
Page v Hull-Moody	[2020] NSWSC 411	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	20 Apr 2020	AustLII	30
Parminder Singh Ralh (Migration)	[2019] AATA 6051	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	3 Oct 2019	AustLII
Penfold v Predny	[2016] NSWSC 472	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	21 Apr 2016	AustLII	11
Penninger v Penninger	[2017] NSWSC 892	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	6 Jul 2017	AustLII	6
Petkovic v Koutalianos	[2016] NSWSC 1817	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	15 Dec 2016	AustLII	1
Philpott v Pantos	[2018] NSWSC 852	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	14 Jun 2018	AustLII	4
Pilotto v Cosoleto; Papi & Papi v Cosoleto and Cosoleto v Cosoleto	[2019] NSWSC 1454	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	22 Aug 2019	AustLII	4
Porawaka Arachchige (Migration)	[2019] AATA 6710	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	1 Oct 2019	AustLII
Punit Kumar (Migration)	[2020] AATA 1115	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	22 Jan 2020	AustLII
R (Aburas) v Southwark LBC	[2019] EWHC 2754 (Admin)	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	21 Oct 2019	BAILII	8
R (BG) v Suffolk County Council	[2022] EWCA Civ 1047	England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division	United Kingdom - England and Wales	26 Jul 2022	BAILII	2
R (Campbell) v Ealing LBC	[2023] EWHC 10 (Admin)	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	9 Jan 2023	BAILII	3
R (Cornwall Council) v Secretary of State for Health	[2012] EWHC 3739 (Admin)	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	21 Dec 2012	BAILII	4
R(Davey) v Oxfordshire CC & others	[2017] EWHC 354 (Admin)	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	27 Feb 2017	BAILII	5
R (GS) v Camden LBC	[2016] EWHC 1762 (Admin)	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	27 Jul 2016	BAILII	8
R (Mwanza) v Greenwich London Borough Council	[2010] EWHC 1462 (Admin)	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	15 Jun 2010	BAILII	4
R (Naureen) v Salford City Council	[2012] EWCA Civ 1795; [2013] 2 Costs LR 257	England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division	United Kingdom - England and Wales	15 Jan 2013	BAILII	3
R (NM) v London Borough of Islington	[2012] EWHC 414 (Admin)	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	29 Feb 2012	BAILII	3
R (Refugee Action) v Secretary of State for the Home Department	[2014] EWHC 1033 (Admin)	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	9 Apr 2014	BAILII	23
Rakovich v Marszalek	[2020] NSWSC 589	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	20 May 2020	AustLII	6
Richardson v Richardson (No 2)	[2024] ACTSC 191	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	19 Jun 2024	AustLII
Rizvi (Migration)	[2019] AATA 5722	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	20 Dec 2019	AustLII
Rogers v Rogers	[2018] NSWSC 1982	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	18 Dec 2018	AustLII	12
S, R (on the application of) v Coventry City Council	[2009] EWHC 2191 (Admin)	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	13 May 2009	BAILII	1
Saco Vertiz (Migration)	[2019] AATA 6629	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	28 Nov 2019	AustLII
Sadiq v NSW Trustee and Guardian	[2015] NSWSC 716	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	9 Jun 2015	AustLII	34
Sarant v Sarant	[2020] NSWSC 1686	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	26 Nov 2020	AustLII	14
Sariban v Pocock; Pocock v Peipman	[2018] NSWSC 724	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	24 May 2018	AustLII	1
Semitecolos v Semitecolos	[2021] NSWSC 1508	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	23 Nov 2021	AustLII	1
Sharma (Migration)	[2019] AATA 6131	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	15 Oct 2019	AustLII
Sheen v Hesan; The Estate of Zaheer	[2023] NSWSC 468	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	5 May 2023	AustLII	1
SING (Migration)	[2019] AATA 6151	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	21 Oct 2019	AustLII
SINGH (Migration)	[2019] AATA 5444	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	22 Nov 2019	AustLII
Singh (Migration)	[2019] AATA 5448	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	26 Nov 2019	AustLII
Singh (Migration)	[2019] AATA 6616	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	11 Dec 2019	AustLII
SL, R (on the application of) v City of Westminster Council	[2010] EWHC 3182 (Admin)	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	15 Nov 2010	BAILII	1
SL v Westminster City Council	[2011] EWCA Civ 954	England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division	United Kingdom - England and Wales	10 Aug 2011	BAILII	5
SL v Westminster City Council	[2013] UKSC 27; [2013] 1 WLR 1445	United Kingdom Supreme Court	United Kingdom	9 May 2013	BAILII	8
Smith v Smith	[2016] NSWSC 1077	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	9 Aug 2016	AustLII
Soens v Rathborne	[2018] NSWSC 302	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	14 Mar 2018	AustLII	5
Strang v Steiner	[2019] NSWCA 143	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	19 Jun 2019	AustLII	25
Thapa (Migration)	[2019] AATA 5443	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	24 Nov 2019	AustLII
Thapamagar (Migration)	[2019] AATA 5717	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	20 Aug 2019	AustLII
Thompson v Sgro	[2016] NSWSC 1869	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	21 Dec 2016	AustLII	5
Towson v Francis	[2017] NSWSC 1034	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	10 Aug 2017	AustLII	9
Underwood v Gaudron	[2014] NSWSC 1055	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	7 Aug 2014	AustLII	51
VI, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Lewisham	[2018] EWHC 2180 (Admin)	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	15 Aug 2018	BAILII	1
Walpita Gamage (Migration)	[2019] AATA 6431	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	1 Nov 2019	AustLII
Webster v Strang; Steiner v Strang	[2018] NSWSC 495	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	23 Apr 2018	AustLII	6
Weekes v Barlow	[2014] NSWSC 1776	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	11 Dec 2014	AustLII	1
Wengdal v Rawnsley	[2019] NSWSC 926	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	18 Jun 2019	AustLII
Wong (Migration)	[2019] AATA 5589	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	29 Nov 2019	AustLII
Xiang bht Cao v Tong	[2021] NSWSC 44	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	4 Feb 2021	AustLII	9
Zagame v Zagame	[2014] NSWSC 1302	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	24 Sep 2014	AustLII	12
Zarzour, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Hillingdon	[2009] EWHC 1398 (Admin)	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	1 May 2009	BAILII	1
ZHAO (Migration)	[2019] AATA 6530	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	21 Nov 2019	AustLII

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name	Provision
Social Services Act 1970 (Cth)
Housing Act 1985 (NSW)
Local Government Act 1972 (Vic)

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name †	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index
(1993) 17 BMLR 68	(1993) 17 BMLR 68		United Kingdom	circa 1993	LexisNexis	2
(1996) 32 BMLR 153	(1996) 32 BMLR 153		United Kingdom	circa 1996	LexisNexis	2
Chief Adjudication Officer v Quinn	[1996] 1 WLR 1184		United Kingdom	circa 1996	LexisNexis / Westlaw	8
Minister of Health v General Committee of the Royal Midland Counties Home for Incurables at Leamington Spa	[1954] 1 Ch 530; [1954] 1 All ER 1013	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom	circa 1954	LexisNexis / Westlaw	19
R (Limbuela) v Secretary of State for the Home Department	[2005] UKHL 66; [2006] 1 AC 396; [2005] All ER (D) 39	House of Lords	United Kingdom	3 Nov 2005	BAILII	136
R (Mani) v Lambeth London Borough Council	[2003] EWCA Civ 836; [2004] LGR 35	England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division	United Kingdom - England and Wales	9 Jul 2003	BAILII	9
R (on the application of M) v Slough Borough Council	[2004] EWHC 1109	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	circa 2004	BAILII
R (Wahid) v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council	[2002] EWCA Civ 287	England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division	United Kingdom - England and Wales	7 Mar 2002	BAILII	29
R (Westminster City Council) v National Asylum Support Service	[2002] UKHL 38; [2003] QB 281; [2002] 4 All ER 654; [2002] 1 WLR 2956; [2002] All ER (D) 235	House of Lords	United Kingdom	circa 2002	BAILII	209
R v Secretary of State for Social Security, ex parte Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants	[1996] EWCA Civ 1293; [1996] 4 All ER 385; [1997] 1 WLR 275	England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division	United Kingdom - England and Wales	21 Jun 1996	BAILII	68
R v Wandsworth London Borough Council, ex parte Beckwith	[1996] 1 WLR 60		United Kingdom	circa 1996	LexisNexis / Westlaw	16
R v Wandsworth London Borough Council; Ex parte O	[2000] 4 All ER 590; [2000] 1 WLR 2539		United Kingdom	circa 2000	LexisNexis	33
R(M) v Slough Borough Council	[2006] EWCA Civ 655	England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division	United Kingdom - England and Wales	25 May 2006	BAILII	4
Steane v Chief Adjudication Officer	[1996] 1 WLR 1195		United Kingdom	circa 1996	LexisNexis / Westlaw	6
Human Rights of Failed Asylum Seekers in the United Kingdom	[2008] PL 277		United Kingdom	circa 2008	Westlaw	3
Westminster City Council, R (on the application of) v National Asylum Support Service	[2001] EWCA Civ 512	England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division	United Kingdom - England and Wales	10 Apr 2001	BAILII	4

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