Boyle v Verrall: CA 9 Aug 1996

The Court’s discretion to grant a landlord possession is not limited to exceptional cases. Under Ground 1 in Schedule 2 Housing Act 1988 the landlord was entitled to recover possession from an assured tenant if he ‘requires the dwelling house as his…principal home’.

Citations:

Times 09-Aug-1996, [1997] 1 EGLR 25

Statutes:

Housing Act 1988 Part I Sch 2

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Landlord and Tenant

Updated: 03 August 2022; Ref: scu.78530