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001			ABS42384
008			090401t1990 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u36483
041			_aeng
245			_aMacDonald v Strathclyde RC
260			_c1990
350			_a0
490			_aScots Law Times _v1990 SLT 10-16(7)
520			_aLT for Scotland 1 March 1989. The tenant applied to purchase the house which she rented from the council as head teacher of a school . Her application was refused on the grounds that the house was part of the curtilage of a building held by the council for educational purposes and that the tenant did not have a written lease under Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 . The council claimed there was no lease due to a previous breach of tenancy agreement but the tenant had been allowed to stay on as it was necessary for the better performance of her duties. They also objected on the grounds that the land on which the house stood had been gifted in feu to their predecessors in title on the basis that it should be used only for a school and residence of a school teacher. It was held that as the house had independent access it was not part of the curtilage; the council could not found of their own breach of statutory duty to provide a lease; the tenants contract of employment did not necessarily r
650			_aRIGHT TO BUY
690			_aLANDLORD AND TENANT-CASE LAW-RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c23675 _d23675