Hounslow London Borough Council v Harris

Subject Matter

HOUSING — Secure tenancy — Claim for possession — Local authority landlord seeking possession of flat on mandatory ground that closure order made — Tenant failing to request review of decision to seek possession within seven-day statutory time limit — Whether landlord having power to extend time limit for requesting review — Whether landlord obliged to issue fresh possession notice if tenant failing to request review in time for reasons outside his control — Housing Act 1985 (c 68) (as amended by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c 12), ss 94(1), 95, 96), ss 83ZA, 84A, 85ZA(2)

[2017] EWCA Civ 1476; [2018] PTSR 1349; [2017] WLR(D) 644, CA