By RLA The Supreme Court will today hear the case of McDonald v McDonald – a high profile repossession case in which the tenant is battling to avoid eviction on human rights grounds.
The case concerns receivers acting for a bank which wants to repossess a property from a defaulting private sector landlord under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988.
However the landlord’s daughter is living in the property and is seeking to invoke an Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights – the right to respect for private and family life and home – to avoid being evicted.
