Well, well, well. Or perhaps well, well, oh heck. The Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment in R (Weaver) v London & Quadrant Housing Trust [2009] EWCA Civ 587 and, by a majority, L&Q have lost.
It will be remembered that Mrs Weaver was a tenant of L&Q. L&Q sought to evict her, relying on Ground 8. She resisted this, claiming that she had a legitimate expectation that they would use Grounds 10 or 11 first and that the eviction engaged Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights. The High Court rejected any suggestion of a legitimate expectation. Because of the way that it was advanced … Read the full post



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