"A legal challenge against an Essex hotel housing asylum seekers will be heard at the High Court on 15 October. Epping Forest District Council secured a temporary injunction stopping The Bell Hotel in Epping housing migrants in August, but this was later overturned at the Court of Appeal. However, the Conservative-run authority could still be granted a full injunction should it be successful at a three-day hearing in London."
"The council issued legal proceedings against Somani Hotels in August, claiming it breached planning rules by housing 138 asylum seekers. Mr Justice Eyre granted a temporary injunction on 19 August, but the hotel owner and the Home Office got it overturned at the Court of Appeal 10 days later. The same court also refused the council's bid to take the case to the Supreme Court."
Epping Forest District Council began legal action in August against Somani Hotels, alleging planning breaches by housing 138 asylum seekers at The Bell Hotel. Mr Justice Eyre granted a temporary injunction on 19 August, but the hotel owner and the Home Office successfully overturned it at the Court of Appeal ten days later. The Court of Appeal also rejected the council's bid to take the matter to the Supreme Court, though the council may still apply directly to the UK's highest court. The Home Office unsuccessfully sought a six-week delay before the full three-day High Court hearing starting 15 October. Protests and counter-demonstrations occurred outside the hotel after an asylum seeker housed there was arrested and later found guilty of multiple offences.
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