Back issues Fantastic law in Dudley September 1948

摘要

A clause in the Public Health Act, which places liability for repairs to a property on the owner's agent, rather than the owner himself, was described by a solicitor at Dudley Magistrates Court recently as "fantastic and unjust". The Dudley Corporation sought legal notices for repairs to 11 houses in Campbell Street and Constitution Hill, Dudley, against Horace Whitehouse, estate agent of 246A, Dudley Road, Brades Village, Oldbury. Appearing for Mr Whitehouse, Mr J Sillitoe said he had been forced to the conclusion that the magistrates were left with no discretion in the matter. Repairs to some houses, he said, became necessary two years ago, and Mr Whitehouse engaged a contractor to do the work. The houses were owned by two brothers, one of whom saw the contractor at the property and became so obstructive that the repairs were stopped.