Right to buy
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AIi Bhai and another v Black Roof Community Housing Association Ltd
Housing association granting tenancy – Association ceasing to be fully mutual – Whether tenancy secure tenancy for purposes of Housing Act 1985 and 1988 – Whether tenants having statutory right…
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Elvidge v Coventry City Council
Tenant occupying house as only home — Local authority-owned property — Landlord required tenant to remain there on promotion in employment to enable him to be on call — Tenant…
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Taylor v Newham London Borough Council
Preliminary point — Validity of defense as matter of law — Tenant exercising right to buy house occupied as dwelling — Tenant applying for injunction to enforce sale — Local…
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Payne v Barnet London Borough Council
Purchase of council maisonette under right to buy scheme – Subsequently unsaleable because of notoriously defective pre-fabricated construction of block – Whether sufficient disclosure made by council in offer purporting…
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Caradon District Council v Paton; Caradon District Council v Bussell
Council tenants exercising right to buy – Purchasers covenanting not to use properties for any purpose other than as private dwelling-houses – Properties being let for short-term holiday use -…
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Harrow London Borough Council v Tonge
Secure tenant living with family in council property — Sole or principal residence — Spouse becoming secure tenant on death of husband — Mother requiring daughter to share in right…
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Bristol City Council v Lovell
Court’s discretion — Tenant claiming injunction to enforce right to buy — Local authority making possession claim — Order in which conflicting claims to be decided — Whether alleged breach…
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Cooper or Faughan and another v City of Edinburgh District Council
Secure tenancy — Right to buy — Conclusion of missives — Tenant dying before settlement of transaction — Whether executors entitled to enforce contract against council — Appeal by council…
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Dance and another v Welwyn Hatfield District Council
Right to buy — Matters relating to grant agreed — Completion deferred — Housing authority claiming possession for redevelopment — Whether authority entitled to possession — Whether tenants entitled to…
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Hadjiconstantinou v Charalambous and another
Defendant tenant exercised right to buy — Purchase price provided by plaintiff in return for tenant’s agreement to sell property to him at same price — Completion to be five…
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McIntyre and others v Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
Housing Act 1980 — Right to buy — Tenant exercised right to buy — Tenant enjoying substantial discount for 26 years’ occupation — Tenant dying before completion — Nominated successor…
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R v Braintree District Council, ex parte Halls
Applicant exercising right to buy – Council conveying property subject to restrictive covenant – Applicant seeking release from covenant to sell part of land for development – Council requiring share…