Taylor v Newham LBC
Taylor v Newham LBC
- 1993
- Weekly Law Reports 1993 1 WLR 444-452(9) .
CA 27 January 1993. CA upheld CC decision granting a tenant T an injunction under Housing Act 1985 s138(3) forcing a local authority N to complete the sale of her council house. N had accepted T`s right as a secure tenant to exercise her right to buy under Part V of the Housing Act 1985 despite giving notice of an intention to seek possession of the house and the issuing of a summons alleging racial harassment and causing hardship to third parties. In dismissing N`s appeal, CA held that T had satisfied conditions specified in s138 Housing Act 1985, and had no power to refuse an application except in exceptional circumstances.
HOUSING ACT 1985
INJUNCTION
NUISANCE
RACIAL HARASSMENT
REPOSSESSION
RIGHT TO BUY
SECURE TENANCY
CA 27 January 1993. CA upheld CC decision granting a tenant T an injunction under Housing Act 1985 s138(3) forcing a local authority N to complete the sale of her council house. N had accepted T`s right as a secure tenant to exercise her right to buy under Part V of the Housing Act 1985 despite giving notice of an intention to seek possession of the house and the issuing of a summons alleging racial harassment and causing hardship to third parties. In dismissing N`s appeal, CA held that T had satisfied conditions specified in s138 Housing Act 1985, and had no power to refuse an application except in exceptional circumstances.
HOUSING ACT 1985
INJUNCTION
NUISANCE
RACIAL HARASSMENT
REPOSSESSION
RIGHT TO BUY
SECURE TENANCY