Landlord’s Liability for Tenants

Hussain and Another v Lancaster City Council (CA [1999] 4 All ER 125)

The claimants were owners of a shop and residential property situated on a housing estate owned by the defendant council. They alleged that they had been the victims of a campaign of racial harassment by tenants on the estate and that the council had failed to take appropriate action to stop it by means of possession proceedings or the exercise of their statutory powers under highway and housing legislation.