Right to buy
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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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PP 2001/17
Q It has just been confirmed that a serious structural defect is present in a former council house bought four years ago under the right-to-buy scheme.
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PP 2000/49
In Caradon District Council v Paton [2000] 35 EG 132, the claimant council, which had sold a house under the right-to-buy scheme, successfully restrained the buyer from letting his house…
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PP 2000/10
In R v Braintree District Council, ex parte Halls [2000] 36 EG 164, Mr Halls and his father, who had bought their council house under the right to buy scheme,…