Servite Houses, having obtained an undertaking from Ms Perry in 2000, sought possession of her property under grounds 1 and 2 of the Housing Act 1985.

She regularly wrote lengthy letters to Servite Houses which contained personal remarks about employees. She made enquiries as to the employees’ sexual orientation. Additionally, she intimidated, harassed and caused a nuisance to the residents of a nearby supported elderly housing scheme. Residents went out of their way to avoid her due to her persistent personal remarks towards them and her liking to cause scenes in public.

The matter came before Recorder Forrester QC at Birmingham County Court in February 2004. The court found Servite Houses’ evidence to be proved and the grounds established. The court accepted that Ms Perry suffered from a disability within the meaning of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. She suffered from temporal lobe epilepsy and consequently, had partial seizures. The court further found that she suffered from a form of paranoid personality.