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Citation(s) [1986] ECHR 2, (1986) 8 EHRR 123 Ruling court European Court of Human Rights | ||
James v United Kingdom [1986] ECHR 2 is an English land law case, concerning the former right to buy a home from one's landlord.
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Facts
Trustees of a substantial estate under the will of Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, including Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, argued they and had been deprived of their ownership of a number of properties that contravened their human right to property under ECHR Protocol 1, article 1. Tenants had exercised statutory right to buy their property, which was formerly part of Grosvenor's estates in Mayfair and Belgravia in London. The exercise by tenants of those properties of rights of acquisition was conferred by the Leasehold Reform Act 1967.
Judgment
The European Court of Human Rights held the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 did not breach the Convention since the Act is within the limits that a national legislature has in implementing social policies.