Lewisham London Borough Council v. Malcolm (Disability Rights Commission intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted July 27th, 2007 in law reports by sally

Lewisham London Borough Council v. Malcolm (Disability Rights Commission intervening) [2007] EWCA Civ 763 

“A landlord, in bringing proceedings for possession against a tenant who had unlawfully sublet his premises, unlawfully discriminated against the tenant since the tenant had a mental impairment which had a ‘substantial effect on his ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities’ so that he was disabled for the purposes of s 1(1) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.”

WLR Daily, 25th July 2007

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