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Tue 01 Jan 2011Lender can again seek to repossess man's home
A HIGH Court judge has cleared the way for Start Mortgages to resume its bid for an order for repossession of a man’s family home after effectively accepting arguments the lender was entitled to issue housing loans.
The decision by Mr Justice Peter Kelly yesterday lifting a stay on Start’s repossession proceedings against Robert Gunn has implications for hundreds of other repossession actions by Start, and for the forthcoming judicial review challenge by Mr Gunn to Start’s entitlement to issue housing loans.
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