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>, at 15:16:47 on Tue, 10 Aug 2010, Brenda Scourfield
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>A tenant when claiming housing benefit answered 'yes' back in 2006 to
>the question "do you give permission for the Council to discuss any
>aspect of your claim with the landlord?" He was residing with the
>landlord at the time and paying rent. The landlord has now died and her
>son has inherited the property. Does he now count as the landlord and
>can historical details of the claimant's benefit claim be discussed
>with him or should we obtain consent again ?
That's a corner case if ever I saw one. I think "your landlord" would
allow a continuing disclosure, "your landlord, Mr F Bloggs Esq" (who is
now deceased) would not. As for "the landlord"... hmm.
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Roland Perry
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