The tenants appealed rejection of their application that they should pay the price for their council property set on the first of two notices to buy it. Held: As to whether the tenants had impliedly withdrawn their first notice: ‘[B]ecause of the way in which I consider that this appeal should be determined, it would … Continue reading Copping v Surrey County Council: CA 21 Dec 2005
The tenants served notice under s122 in 1991 to purchase their council house. The authority denied their right to buy. Nothing happened until June 2001 when the tenants served a second notice and received the same response. By reference to, and upon the basis of, the second notice the tenants took proceedings in the county … Continue reading Copping v Surrey County Council: QBD 2005
The tenant served his notice under section 122 in 1999. The authority did not admit the claim as required by section 124 within four weeks, but tried ultimately by sending a letter which the tenant never received, to resolve its doubts as to whether the claim was being genuinely made by him rather than by … Continue reading Hanoman v Southwark London Borough Council: ChD 22 Jun 2004
