Croydon London Borough Council v Kalonga

Subject Matter

HOUSING — Secure tenancy — Claim for possession — Tenant occupying property pursuant to fixed-term flexible tenancy granted by local authority landlord — No forfeiture clause in tenancy agreement — Whether landlord entitled to seek possession prior to expiry of fixed term — Housing Act 1985 (c 68) (as amended by Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (c 38), s 14(1), Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c 17), s 299, Sch 11, para 2 and Localism Act 2011 (c 20), s 154), ss 82(1)(b)(1A), 107A

[2020] EWHC 1353 (QB); [2020] 1 WLR 4809; [2020] WLR(D) 319, QBD

HOUSING — Secure tenancy — Claim for possession — Tenant occupying property pursuant to fixed term flexible tenancy granted by local authority landlord — No forfeiture clause in tenancy agreement — Whether landlord entitled to seek possession prior to expiry of fixed term — Housing Act 1985 (c 68), s 82

[2021] EWCA Civ 77; [2021] QB 962; [2021] 2 WLR 1069; [2021] WLR(D) 63, CA

HOUSING — Secure tenancy — Claim for possession — Tenant occupying property pursuant to fixed term secure tenancy — Whether landlord entitled to bring claim for possession before expiry of fixed term without relying on forfeiture clause — Housing Act 1985 (c 68), s 82

[2022] UKSC 7; [2023] AC 1; [2022] 2 WLR 592; [2022] 3 All ER 885, SC(E)

Appellate History

Commentary

Nearly Legal
Shine on you crazy Dymond Case comment

Not that flexible Case comment

Fixed term secure tenancies and forfeiture Case comment

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Case Comment: Croydon London Borough Council v Kalonga [2022] UKSC 7 Case comment