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Coventry CC v Cole and others

Language: English Series: Estates Gazette ; (1994) 05 EG 133-135(3)Publication details: 1994Subject(s): Summary: CA 28 May 1993. A clause in a lease granted under right to buy provisions of the Housing Act 1985 to pay a service charge linked to the RICS index was not void or unenforceable. Schedule 6 para 16a of the Housing Act 1985 entitles the local authority landlord to ensure in the lease that the tenant bears a reasonable cost of repairs.

CA 28 May 1993. A clause in a lease granted under right to buy provisions of the Housing Act 1985 to pay a service charge linked to the RICS index was not void or unenforceable. Schedule 6 para 16a of the Housing Act 1985 entitles the local authority landlord to ensure in the lease that the tenant bears a reasonable cost of repairs.