Places for People Homes Ltd v Sharples

Subject Matter

HOUSING — Assured tenancy — Claim for possession — Social landlords seeking orders for possession against assured tenants on grounds of arrears of rent — Tenants obtaining bankruptcy and debt relief orders after possession proceedings issued but before possession order made — Whether precluding making of outright or suspended possession order — Whether possession order on ground of rent arrears provable in bankruptcy “remedy … in respect of that debt” — Whether possession order on ground of rent arrears subject of debt relief order “remedy in respect of the debt” — Whether possession proceedings to be stayed — Whether court entitled to suspend possession order made on discretionary grounds on condition of payment of arrears provable in bankruptcy or subject of debt relief order — Insolvency Act 1986 (as amended by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, s 108, Sch 17), ss 251G(2)(3), 285(1)(2)(3) — Housing Act 1988 (as amended by Housing Act 1996, s 101), s 7(1), Sch 2, Pt I, ground 8, Pt II, ground 10

[2012] Ch 382; [2012] 2 WLR 584; [2012] PTSR 401