Appeal by the Council against the dismissal of its claim for possession of a house in Leicester. The issues in this appeal are (i) whether the Council acted unlawfully in deciding to evict the widow of the former tenant and her two children without first considering the option of granting a fresh tenancy to the widow; (ii) whether the Council can rely upon procedural omissions by the widow in circumstances where the Council had misled her about what the procedure could achieve.
Jackson, Floyd LJJ, Sir David Keene
[2013] EWCA Civ 1467
Bailii
Housing Act 1996
England and Wales
Housing
Updated: 26 November 2021; Ref: scu.518036