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Northampton Borough Council v Lovatt and Another: CA 11 Nov 1997

The local authority had obtained a possession order against the defendant tenants because of the behaviour of the tenants’ children as ‘conduct which is a nuisance or annoyance to neighbours’ The question on appeal was whether behaviour which related to properties more than 100 metres away from the house fell within the scope of the … Continue reading Northampton Borough Council v Lovatt and Another: CA 11 Nov 1997

Bracknell Forest Borough Council v Green and Another: CA 20 Mar 2009

The council sought possession of the property saying that the three bedroomed property was underused by the tenant and his sister. The respondents said that it was not too extensive, and that no satisfactory alternative accommodation had been offered. Held: The council’s appeal failed. The lower court had correctly applied the law, and it was … Continue reading Bracknell Forest Borough Council v Green and Another: CA 20 Mar 2009

Lawntown Ltd v Camenzuli and Another: CA 10 Oct 2007

Objecting neighbours appealed against a decision allowing a variation of a restrictive covenant to allow the owner to convert a dwellinghouse into two self-contained apartments. Held: The appeal failed. The power in the 1985 Act to vary a covenant must be used judicially, and ‘the statute does not create any presumption in favour of the … Continue reading Lawntown Ltd v Camenzuli and Another: CA 10 Oct 2007