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McEwan v Annandale and Eskdale DC

Language: English Series: Scots Law Times ; (1989) SLT 95-99(5)Publication details: 1989Subject(s): Summary: LT for Scotland 10 November 1988 Application under Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 s71 (1) (d) for a finding in terms of s71 (2) (b) that the council (A) had served an offer to sell which did not conform with the requirements of s63 (2) (a) to (e) of the Act. In 1987 a regional council sold a house to A who then let the house as a council house . A`s tenants (M) applied to purchase the house and received an offer to sell. The discount on the purchase price was restricted on the grounds that the house was first let as a secure tenancy after 31 December 1978 and the price at which M was entitled to buy the house should not be less than a) the outstanding debt incurred on or after that date in providing the house or b) the market value of the house, whichever is the lesser. A submitted that as the house had been previously let by a regional council to an employee, that tenancy could not have been secure. The consideration paid to the regional council was stated to be the outstanding debt in
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LT for Scotland 10 November 1988 Application under Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 s71 (1) (d) for a finding in terms of s71 (2) (b) that the council (A) had served an offer to sell which did not conform with the requirements of s63 (2) (a) to (e) of the Act. In 1987 a regional council sold a house to A who then let the house as a council house . A`s tenants (M) applied to purchase the house and received an offer to sell. The discount on the purchase price was restricted on the grounds that the house was first let as a secure tenancy after 31 December 1978 and the price at which M was entitled to buy the house should not be less than a) the outstanding debt incurred on or after that date in providing the house or b) the market value of the house, whichever is the lesser. A submitted that as the house had been previously let by a regional council to an employee, that tenancy could not have been secure. The consideration paid to the regional council was stated to be the outstanding debt in