Hat tip to Legal Action ‘Recent Developments in Housing Law’ for this one.
Watford Community Housing Trust v Personal Representatives of Elizabeth Chalmers, Watford County Court 14 January 2011
This was a possession claim under Ground 9 Schedule 2 Housing Act 1988 – Suitable Alternative Accommodation.
The property had been let to William Chalmers in 1967 by Watford BC. He became a secure tenant in 1980. He died in 1996 and his wife Elizabeth succeeded to the tenancy. She died in 2004. Her granddaughter, as executor of the will, remained in the property paying rent.
In 2007, following a stock transfer, the claimant became the landlord. It was accepted … Read the full post
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