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Landlord And Tenant: No proportionality for possession orders
It is now clear that tenants of private landlords cannot rely on human rights to prevent eviction. Kary Withers reports ‘Residential occupiers in the private sector are unable to defend a possession claim by relying on the proportionality test laid down in s6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 and Art 8 of the European …
Cases Referenced
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- Manchester City Council v Pinnock [2010] UKSC 45
- McDonald v McDonald & ors [2016] UKSC 28