31 May 2007
Birmingham City Council v Walker [2007] UKHL 22, [2007] All ER (D) 237 (May)
A joint tenant of council property who became, by survivorship, the sole tenant, before becoming a secure tenant when such tenancies were created in 1980, is not herself “a successor” within the meaning of s 88(1) of the Housing Act 1985 to prevent further succession under that Act. The events to which s 88(1) refers are events in relation to tenancies which have become secure tenancies and not to events which happened earlier.
