Rent Acts
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A perfect rental storm in Scotland
Margaret McLean on the implications of Scottish emergency tenant protection legislation
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Compatriot Holdings Ltd and another v Chairwoman of London Rent Assessment Committee and others
Rent Acts (Maximum Fair Rent) Order 1999 – Determination of maximum fair rent – Statutory rent-capping formula in article 2(1) of 1999 Order – Requirement for comparison between retail price…
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First Plus Financial Group plc v Hewett
Landlord and tenant – Rent Acts
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Whitehouse v Lee
Rent Act 1977 — Possession order — Protected tenancy — Tenants occupying flat for 45 years — Landlord seeking possession — Section 98(1)(a) of 1977 Act — Provision of suitable…
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Tan and another v Sitkowski
Rent Act 1977 – Tenancy of mixed business and residential premises – Business use ceasing – Whether tenancy acquiring protection of 1977 Act – Whether premises “let as a dwelling”…
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Tan and another v Sitkowski
Landlord and tenant – Rent Acts
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Amrit Holdings Co Ltd v Shahbakhti
Protected tenancy — Possession — Whether alternative accommodation available to tenant where let by him on assured shorthold tenancy — Whether reasonable to order possession — Section 98(1)(a) of Rent…
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R (on the application of Wolters (London) Ltd) v London Rent Assessment Committee and others
Landlord and tenant — Rent Acts — Fair rent — Respondent determining fair rents for appellant’s premises pursuant to section 70 of Rent Act 1977 — Appellant challenging methods by…
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Whitty v Scott-Russell
House and cottage as “a separate dwelling” — Tenant claims protection of Rent Acts — Judge refuses landlords possession — Decision challenged by appeal — Judgment for respondent
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Shackleton v Greenhalgh
Landlord’s claim for possession against sub-tenant — Appeal from County Court Judge’s refusal — Defence claims protection of Rent Acts — Does sub-tenant share with landlord? — Appeal allowed
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Lucas v Lineham
Rent Restrictions Acts — Claim for possession — Greater hardship — “Landlord who has become a landlord by purchasing,” etc — Title derived from disqualified purchaser
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Taylor v McHale
Landlord and Tenant — Claim for possession — Rent Restrictions Acts — Tenant giving up possession