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Aster Communities Ltd v Akerman-Livingstone: CA 30 Jul 2014

The respondent tenant had resisted possession proceedings on the basis of his disability.
Held: The court facing such a defence should treat it in the same way as it would an argument that the tenat’s article 8 Human rights were threatened.

Arden, Black, Briggs LJJ
[2014] EWCA Civ 1081, [2014] WLR(D) 350
Bailii, WLRD
European Convention on Human Rights 8, Equality Act 2010
England and Wales
Cited by:
Appeal fromAkerman-Livingstone v Aster Communities Ltd SC 11-Mar-2015
Appeal about the proper approach of the courts where the defendant to a claim for possession of his home raises a defence of unlawful discrimination, contrary to the Equality Act 2010, by the claimant landlord. In particular, the issue is whether . .

Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Housing, Human Rights, Discrimination

Updated: 18 December 2021; Ref: scu.535441

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