London Borough of Sutton v Morgan Grenfell and Co Ltd Morgan Grenfell and Co Ltd v Mayor and Burgesses of London Borough of Sutton London Borough of Sutton v Morgan Grenfell and Co Ltd Wellesley Housing Association Ltd: CA 24 Oct 1996

The Housing Associations Act 1985 empowered a local authority to give guarantees in relation to registered housing associations. A local authority guaranteed a bank loan for an unregistered housing association.
Held: A Local Authority had no power to guarantee a loan to an unregistered housing association. Section 111(1) of the 1972 Act could not be relied on to support the guarantee, which was consequently ultra vires.
Peter Gibson LJ adopted the proposition of counsel that: ‘Where Parliament has expressly enacted provisions which define the means by which local authorities are to carry out their functions, section 111(1) of the Act of 1972 cannot be relied upon in support of performance of those functions by other means not expressly empowered by the relevant provisions’

Judges:

Peter Gibson LJ

Citations:

Times 07-Nov-1996, [1996] EWCA Civ 797, (1996) 95 LGR 574

Statutes:

Local Government Act 1972 111, Housing Associations Act 1985

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

Appeal fromMorgan Grenfell and Co Ltd v Sutton London Borough Council QBD 23-Mar-1995
A guarantee of loan to a non-registered housing association was ultra vires. . .
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Local Government, Housing

Updated: 01 November 2022; Ref: scu.140664