Rent Acts
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Lewis v Weldcrest Ltd
Rent Acts–Whether tenancy a protected tenancy or a business tenancy under Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954–Tenancy formerly controlled–Tenant took in a few boarders to help pay…
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Investment & Freehold English Estates Ltd v Casement
Landlord and tenant — Rent Acts and Leasehold Reform Act 1967 — Long tenancy at a low rent — Rent payable of less than two-thirds of rateable value — Effect…
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Appleton v Aspin and others
Rent Act 1977, section 98(1) — Whether a court is prohibited from making a possession order against a protected tenant who has agreed with the purchaser of the subject dwelling-house…
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Metropolitan Property Holdings Ltd v Laufer and others
Fair rents –‘Perverse’ of rent committee to ignore ‘abundant expert evidence’ tendered on behalf of landlords? –No–‘Typical simple case’ in which landlords said £x, tenants £y, and committee were entitled…
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Ozer Properties Ltd and another v Ghaydi
Rent Act 1977 — Possession action — Defendant’s plea of res judicata — Defendant was in occupation of a room in a rooming house consisting of more than 20 rooms…
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R v London Rent Assessment Panel, ex parte Mota
Rent Act 1977, section 70(1)(b) — Application by tenant for judicial review, challenging decision of rent assessment committee — Whether tenancy was a furnished tenancy, the furniture being ‘provided for…
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Turley and another v Panton and another
Joint tenants must all act together in referring the rent of the demised premises to a tribunal
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BTE Ltd v Merseyside and Cheshire Rent Assessment Committee and another
Landlord and tenant — Rent Act 1977 — Assessment of fair rent by rent assessment committee — Whether committee failed to take into account evidence of comparable lettings in arriving…
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Patel and another v Patel
Rent Act 1977 — Claim for possession under Case 9 in Schedule 15 — Claim by personal representatives who had no beneficial interest in house — Claimants were administrators of…
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N & D (London) Ltd v Gadsdon
Decision of London Rent Assessment Committee — Applicant landlord had requested a rent of £500 per month — Committee determined a rent of £5 per month — Application to set…
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Hanson v London Rent Assessment Committee and another; R v London Rent Assessment Committee ex parte Hanson
An application for a fair rent to be fixed cannot be withdrawn once the matter has been referred to the rent assessment committee
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Saleh v Robinson
Rent Act 1977, sections 119, 123 and 125 — Prohibition and recovery of premiums — Appeal from decision of county court judge — Claim for recovery of premium alleged to…