Rent Acts

Rent Act 1977 — Complicated and anomalous position where a resident landlord died before November 28 1980 — Effect of section 65 of Housing Act 1980, which came into operation…

Flat let with furniture held protected–County court judge entitled to reach this conclusion on facts as to value of furniture despite clear references to a furnished letting in correspondence

Rent control–Succession to tenancy–Woman permanently living with man held a member of his family though she bore him no children–Change in law to reflect recent changes in social attitudes–Woman’s occupation…

Rent Act 1977 — Appeal from possession order granted by county court judge — Case 9 and Case 11 in Schedule 15 to 1977 Act — County court judge decided…

Rent Act 1977 — Statutory tenant of flat, while still continuing to use the flat, moved into house purchased by future wife and established a home there with her and…

Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976–Scope of transitional provisions–Difference of opinion in the Court of Appeal–Effect of events before January 1 1977–Claim by owner of cottage for possession against widow of former…

Rent Act 1977 — Appeal by tenant from decision of Woolf J dismissing tenant’s appeal from decision of rent assessment committee — Woolf J had rejected criticisms of committee’s decision…

Rent Act–Whether separate ‘licence’ agreements resulted in non-exclusive licences unprotected by the Rent Act or whether in all the circumstances there was a protected joint tenancy–Somma v Hazlehurst and Aldrington…

Rent Act 1977–Appeal by tenant against possession order–House purchased by respondent in name of company in which he held all the shares–Possession sought by respondent under Case 9 in Schedule…

Rent Act 1977, section 98(i)(a) — Offer by landlords of alternative accommodation consisting of the part of the let premises which was actually occupied by tenant and his wife –…