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001			ABS46777
008			090401t1992 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u59461
041			_aeng
245			_aWaltham Forest LBC v Thomas
260			_c1992
350			_a0
490			_aWeekly Law Reports _v(1992) 3 WLR 131-135(5)
520			_aHL 18 June 1992 Appeal from CA decision that the council should recover possession of a council house as the defendant (T) did not qualify to succeed within s87 of Housing Act 1985 to his deceased brother`s secure tenancy as T had not resided there for the previous twelve months. The brother had obtained the tenancy ten days before his death. T had been living with him in different council premises during the twelve months ending with his death. HL held, allowing appeal, that on its true construction s87 required that a successor to a tenancy should have resided with the tenant during the twelve months ending with his death, but did not require the residence to have taken place for the whole of that period in the premises to which succession was claimed. Accordingly, T was entitled to succeed to the tenancy.
650			_aHOUSING ACT 1985 S87
650			_aPROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT-RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES
650			_aSECURE TENANCIES
650			_aSUCCESSION
690			_aLANDLORD AND TENANT-CASE LAW-RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c36487 _d36487