R v London Borough of Hounslow, ex parte Pizzey The applicant was the director of an organisation concerned with the provision of refuges for women
whose husbands and male associates committed acts of violence on them so that they needed to seek
refuge elsewhere but had not the means to find themselves immediate suitable accommodation. The
applicant applied to the local authority by letter for named premises to be registered as a common
lodging-house and for herself to be registered as the keeper of the premises.