Bedroom Tax Tribunal Victory 'Likely To Be Followed'

Tenants who claim spare rooms have never been used as bedrooms could escape the bedroom tax following a tribunal decision, a top law firm have said. Blind lawyer, Surinder Lall, won a tribunal decision against Westminster Council this week, after claiming the room was used for storage of medical equipment not as a bedroom. Judge Haley-Halinski ruled in his favour last week saying: ‘I have found the room in question was never intended to be a bedroom and has never been used as a bedroom.’  While it does not set a binding legal precedent, Winckworth Sherwood have warned it is likely to be followed by judges in further cases. Read more on the Nearly Legal website.