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S2 Ep7: The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law: Begum v Tower Hamlets

From Akerman-Livingstone to Z v Hackney, learn about the cases and the principles which have shaped Housing Discrimination since the Equality Act 2010 came into force.  In each of our podcasts, we will discuss one case: its facts, its context, and what principles it decided. In this seventh podcast, Iris Ferber KC and Max Gordon discuss Begum v London Borough of Tower Hamlets, heard by the Court of Appeal in 2025: a case which explains how to (or, rather, how not to) present an indirect discrimination claim under section 19 of the Equality Act 2010 – in particular, it illustrates and explains the dangers of choosing the wrong “provision, criterion or practice” operated by the landlord, as the basis of the claim.

S2 Ep6: The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law: Thiam v Richmond Housing Partnership

From Akerman-Livingstone to Z v Hackney, learn about the cases and the principles which have shaped Housing Discrimination since the Equality Act 2010 came into force.  In each of our podcasts, we will discuss one case: its facts, its context, and what principles it decided. In this sixth podcast, Iris Ferber KC and Karolina Zielinska discuss Thiam v Richmond Housing Partnership, a High Court appeal from 2025: a case which explains how section 15 of the Equality Act 2010 – “discrimination arising from disability” – can operate as a defence to a possession claim.

S2 Ep5: The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law: AB v Westminster City Council

From Akerman-Livingstone to Z v Hackney, learn about the cases and the principles which have shaped Housing Discrimination since the Equality Act 2010 came into force.  In each of our podcasts, we will discuss one case: its facts, its context, and what principles it decided. In this fifth podcast, Iris Ferber KC and Andrew Carter discuss AB v Westminster City Council, heard by the High Court in 2024: a very useful case which explains how to pursue – or defend – allegations of indirect discrimination under section 19 of the Equality Act 2010.

S2 Ep4: The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law: Laidley v Metropolitan Housing Trust

From Akerman-Livingstone to Z v Hackney, learn about the cases and the principles which have shaped Housing Discrimination since the Equality Act 2010 came into force.  In each of our podcasts, we will discuss one case: its facts, its context, and what principles it decided.  In this fourth podcast, Iris Ferber KC and Matthew Timm discuss Laidley v Metropolitan Housing Trust, heard by the Court of Appeal in 2025: an important case about Equality Act assessors.

S2 Ep3: The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law: Nightingale v Bromford Housing

From Akerman-Livingstone to Z v Hackney, learn about the cases and the principles which have shaped Housing Discrimination since the Equality Act 2010 came into force.  In each of our podcasts, we will discuss one case: its facts, its context, and what principles it decided. In this third podcast, Iris Ferber KC and Natalie Foster discuss Nightingale v Bromford Housing, heard by the High Court in 2024.