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Poshteh v Kensington and Chelsea in Supreme Court 14/2/17
Poshteh v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea [2015] EWCA Civ 711 listed for Supreme Court 14 February 2017 - whether it is unreasonable to expect a homeless person to accept an offer of accommodation where the windows, being small or round, reminded her of imprisonment in her home country of Iran which had led to post traumatic stress disorder.
Judgment due next Wednesday 10 May
Appeal dismissed - it was not reasonable to refuse the ‘final offer’ of permanent accommodation at the property on the basis that it had features which reminded her of her prison in Iran and which would exacerbate her posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety attacks and other conditions