24 June 2016
McDonald (by her litigation friend DM) v McDonald and others [2016] UKSC 28, [2016] All ER (D) 81 (Jun)
The Supreme Court, in dismissing the appellant’s appeal, held that a court, when entertaining a claim for possession by a private sector owner against a residential occupier, should not be required to consider the proportionality of evicting the occupier, in the light of s 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 and art 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
