Index card Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association Ltd

Hearings

England & Wales

23 Jul 1997 [1998] Ch 304; [1998] 2 WLR 225; [1997] 4 All ER 991; [1998] 1 FLR 6; (1998) 30 HLR 576; [1998] 1 FCR 417; (1997) 147 NLJ 1275; The Times, 31 July 1997; The Independent, 29 July 1997, CA (Waite, Roch and Ward LJJ)

European Union

16 Oct 1997 (pet all) [1998] 1 WLR 697, ECJ

England & Wales

28 Oct 1999 [2001] 1 AC 27; [1999] 3 WLR 1113; [1999] 4 All ER 705; [2000] 1 FLR 271; [2000] 1 FCR 21; (2000) 32 HLR 178; 7 BHRC 200; [2000] L & TR 44; The Times, 2 November 1999; The Independent, 2 November 1999, HL(E)

Subject Matter

LANDLORD AND TENANT — Rent restriction — Death of tenant — Man living with tenant in homosexual relationship — Whether living as “his … wife or husband” — Whether “member of the original tenant's family” — Rent Act 1977 (as amended by Housing Act 1988, s 39(2), Sch 4, Pt I, paras 2, 3), Sch 1, paras 2(2), 3(1)

[1998] Ch 304; [1998] 2 WLR 225; [1997] 4 All ER 991; [1998] 1 FLR 6; (1998) 30 HLR 576; [1998] 1 FCR 417; (1997) 147 NLJ 1275; The Times, 31 July 1997; The Independent, 29 July 1997, CA

[2001] 1 AC 27; [1999] 3 WLR 1113; [1999] 4 All ER 705; [2000] 1 FLR 271; [2000] 1 FCR 21; (2000) 32 HLR 178; 7 BHRC 200; [2000] L & TR 44; The Times, 2 November 1999; The Independent, 2 November 1999, HL(E)

Appellate History

Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association Ltd [1998] Ch 304; [1998] 2 WLR 225; [1997] 4 All ER 991; [1998] 1 FLR 6; (1998) 30 HLR 576; [1998] 1 FCR 417; (1997) 147 NLJ 1275; The Times, 31 July 1997; The Independent, 29 July 1997, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed

Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association Ltd [2001] 1 AC 27; [1999] 3 WLR 1113; [1999] 4 All ER 705; [2000] 1 FLR 271; [2000] 1 FCR 21; (2000) 32 HLR 178; 7 BHRC 200; [2000] L & TR 44; The Times, 2 November 1999; The Independent, 2 November 1999, HL(E)

Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association Ltd [1998] Ch 304; [1998] 2 WLR 225; [1997] 4 All ER 991; [1998] 1 FLR 6; (1998) 30 HLR 576; [1998] 1 FCR 417; (1997) 147 NLJ 1275; The Times, 31 July 1997; The Independent, 29 July 1997, CA

Reversed

Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association Ltd [2001] 1 AC 27; [1999] 3 WLR 1113; [1999] 4 All ER 705; [2000] 1 FLR 271; [2000] 1 FCR 21; (2000) 32 HLR 178; 7 BHRC 200; [2000] L & TR 44; The Times, 2 November 1999; The Independent, 2 November 1999, HL(E)