A LONDON council reopened a High Court case yesterday that concerns supposedly “affordable” flats allegedly being sold on the open market via “sham transactions.”

Southwark Council took the London District Housing Association (LDHA) to court in 2016 over allegations that it had deliberately violated section 106 agreements to provide affordable housing.

Such an agreement between a local authority and a developer is often used to oblige the latter to provide affordable housing as part of a larger development.