Right to buy
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Greenwich London Borough Council v Hughes
Secure tenant — Local authority-owned property — Dwelling-house occupied by teacher entitled to free accommodation under employment contract — Accommodation outside curtilage of school — Whether employee qualified for right…
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R v Braintree District Council, ex parte Halls
Appellant exercising right to buy – Council conveying property subject to covenant to use property as single private dwelling – Appellant seeking release from covenant in order to sell part…
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Coventry City Council v Cole
Local authority — Grant of long lease — Inclusion of service charge in lease — Whether service charge was valid and enforceable — County court holding that charge was valid…
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Milne-Berry v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Council property — Defendant offering to sell freehold to tenant at discounted price — Reference to statute not in force at relevant time — Tenant accepting offer — Landlords’ notice…
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Milne-Berry and another v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Council admitting tenants’ right to buy – Council serving prior and final notice to complete – Tenants claiming outstanding matters – Council’s representative giving assurance that right to buy would…
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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,…