Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association Ltd
Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association Ltd
- 1999
- Weekly Law Reports [1999] 3 WLR 1113-1157(23) .
HL 28 October 1999. F had lived with the tenant of a flat of which S was the landlord, in a stable homosexual relationship since 1976. On the death of the tenant in 1994, F applied to take on the tenancy, but S refused, although was prepared to provide smaller accommodation. F's appeal was then dismissed under the Rent Act 1977, Sch 1, para 2(2), as he was not a member of the original tenant's family or his spouse. "Held" that Parliament sought to extend the meaning of 'spouse' to include persons not legally married but living together as husband and wife. It was found that F qualified to succeed the tenancy.
SUCCESSION
HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONSHIP
FITZPATRICK V STERLING HOUSING ASSOCIATION LTD
RENT ACT 1977 SCH 1
HOUSING ACT 1988
PROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT-RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES
HL 28 October 1999. F had lived with the tenant of a flat of which S was the landlord, in a stable homosexual relationship since 1976. On the death of the tenant in 1994, F applied to take on the tenancy, but S refused, although was prepared to provide smaller accommodation. F's appeal was then dismissed under the Rent Act 1977, Sch 1, para 2(2), as he was not a member of the original tenant's family or his spouse. "Held" that Parliament sought to extend the meaning of 'spouse' to include persons not legally married but living together as husband and wife. It was found that F qualified to succeed the tenancy.
SUCCESSION
HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONSHIP
FITZPATRICK V STERLING HOUSING ASSOCIATION LTD
RENT ACT 1977 SCH 1
HOUSING ACT 1988
PROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT-RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES