Barrister Predicts Bedroom Definition 'Will' Go Before Court Of Appeal

The question of what constitutes a bedroom for the purposes of welfare reform ‘will’ go before the Court of Appeal this year, a leading housing barrister has said. Dean Underwood, head of the housing team at Hardwicke Chambers, said he believed some of the first-tier decisions reached on the bedroom tax so far were ‘wrong’. Mr Underwood also predicted an unsuccessful appeal against the policy made by a group of disabled people would reach the Supreme Court. Several first-tier tribunals have overturned decisions to penalise tenants for under-occupying, after ruling spare rooms should not have been classified as bedrooms. Read more on Inside Housing.