Austin v Southwark London Borough Council – WLR Daily

Austin v Southwark London Borough Council [2010] UKSC 28; [2010] WLR (D) 156

“The right of a ‘tolerated trespasser’, a person continuing to occupy his rented home following a breach of the terms of a conditional suspended possession order, to apply to the court for postponement of the date for possession to enable him to remedy the default and revive the secure tenancy, under s 85(2) of the Housing Act 1985, survived his death and could, consequently, be exercised by his personal representative.”

WLR Daily, 24th June 2010

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