IA, R (on the application of) v City of Westminster Council (Rev 1)

HIS HONOUR JUDGE ANTHONY THORNTON QC Sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court ____________________

Ms Victoria Osler (instructed by Gillian Radford & Co) for the Claimant Mr Ian Peacock (instructed by Head of Legal and Democratic Services, City of Westminster Council) for the Defendant Hearing: 7 May 2013 ____________________

Note 1 [2010] 2 WLR 325 , UKSC 26, paragraph [28]. This case is colloquially known as the �alphabet soup� case. [Back]

Note 2 The cap came into effect in March 2011 but there was a postponement provision for existing tenancies such that for the claimant it would have taken effect in September 2012, 9 months after the anniversary of his tenancy in December 2011. [Back]

Note 3 The Code was issued in 2005. The race relations legislation has since been replaced by the equality legislation with its wider range of protected characteristics that include mental health disability. [Back]