![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/man-ordered-to-leave-dilapidated-home-of-70-years-in-last-chance-saloon/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_Judge-rules-against-Gateshead-pensioner-facing-eviction-from-home-he-has-lived-in-since-1955.jpg&description=Ken May has been locked in a long-running battle with Gateshead Council over the state of his council house in Wardley, with the local authority claiming Mr May had refused inspectors entry into the property A man has been ordered to leave his dilapidated home of 70 years after the council warned he was in "last chance saloon". Ken May, from Gateshead, has been locked in a long-running battle with Gateshead Council over the state of his council house in Wardley and now faces the renewed threat of being removed by bailiffs. The 69-year-old was given a temporary reprieve in May after challenging the latest eviction notice served by local authority, but his appeal has now been dismissed. A district judge at Gateshead County Court found on Tuesday morning that there were 'no grounds' for the warrant to be suspended and that the council's move was 'not an unlawful eviction'. Mr May's lengthy dispute with the local authority has previously seen him ordered to reconnect his property to the electricity grid, rather than powering it with a petrol generator, and to clean up the mess around the house in Stanfield Gardens, which has been his home since 1955. Their latest argument centres on claims that the retired merchant seaman has refused to allow council officials entry to the house in order to carry out inspections. While a previous court ruling prevented an eviction going ahead on May 25, Mr May was warned then that he was in the 'last chance saloon', reports Chronicle Live. As was the case in May, Mr May did not attend court on Tuesday. He had argued in submissions to the court that his right to occupy the property was protected under UK law through the European Convention for the Protection of Fundamental Human Rights and the Protection from Eviction Act 1977. He accused Gateshead Council of a 'sustained and deliberate refusal' to recognise his human rights and of a 'blatant disregard for the law'. But District Judge Charnock-Neal decided that the council had the right){kind=link}
Ken May has been locked in a long-running battle with Gateshead Council over the state of his council house in Wardley, with the local authority claiming Mr May had refused inspectors entry into the property
A man has been ordered to leave his dilapidated home of 70 years after the council warned he was in “last chance saloon”.
Ken May, from Gateshead, has been locked in a long-running battle with Gateshead Council over the state of his council house in Wardley and now faces the renewed threat of being removed by bailiffs. The 69-year-old was given a temporary reprieve in May after challenging the latest eviction notice served by local authority, but his appeal has now been dismissed.
A district judge at Gateshead County Court found on Tuesday morning that there were “no grounds” for the warrant to be suspended and that the council’s move was “not an unlawful eviction”.
Mr May’s lengthy dispute with the local authority has previously seen him ordered to reconnect his property to the electricity grid, rather than powering it with a petrol generator, and to clean up the mess around the house in Stanfield Gardens, which has been his home since 1955.