Home Office asks High Court to postpone Epping Bell Hotel hearing
Epping Forest District Council is taking legal action against Somani Hotels over the use of the Essex hotel as accommodation for asylum seekers
The Home Office has asked the High Court to postpone the hearing of Epping Forest District Council's legal action against the owner of the Bell Hotel in Epping by six weeks.
The council had a temporary injunction granted by the High Court last month overturned by the Court of Appeal on Friday.
A full trial of the claim is scheduled for October, after which an injunction could be issued, but barristers for the Home Office asked the court on Thursday (4 September) to push the case back by six weeks to allow the council and Somani Hotels to "reflect on the legal position now established by the Court of Appeal".