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CHANCERY DIVISION
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL |
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B e f o r e :
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London Borough of Southwark |
Claimant |
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Adatola Erekin | Defendant |
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Mr Bailey for the Defendants
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Crown Copyright ©
Mr Justice Laddie:
"The premises had four bedrooms. Four bedroomed properties are in very high demand in the borough. The general register snapshot again shows at the end of 2001 there were 68 applicants on the general register and 5,001 on the transfer register for four bedroomed premises. That is effectively 501(?) families probably living in crowded or over-crowded accommodation that cannot be rehoused because there are no properties available. I respectfully suggest that it would be abhorrent for the court to permit a fraudster such as Mrs Erekin to remain in the premises when there are so many families living in unsuitable or substandard accommodation."
"In my view, with respect, it would be entirely unreasonable for the court not to make an out and out possession order against the defendant."
"the duty of the judge is to take into account all relevant circumstances as they exist at the date of the hearing. That he must do in what I venture to call a broad, common-sense way as a man of the world, and come to his conclusion giving such weight as he thinks right to the various factors in the situation." (p 655)
"Having anxiously considered all the factors, I come to the conclusion that it would be unreasonable to make an order. The claimant's claim is dismissed."