Rent Acts

Rent Act 1977, section 12 — Whether resident landlord provisions excluding a tenancy from being a protected tenancy applied — Sole question in present case was whether the tenant’s dwelling-house…

Rent tribunal’s grant of less than six months’ security of tenure on reference by tenant after notice to quit–Tribunal wished to give landlord an opportunity to repair the premises, but…

Rent Act–Flat let by employers to tenant in consequence of his employment–Tenant protected subject to possibility of Case 8 in Schedule 15 to the Rent Act 1977 applying–Very small rent…

Rent Act 1977, section 98 and Schedule 15–Question as to suitability of alternative accommodation–Accommodation offered near to tenant’s place of work (Luton) but far from the present flat in which…

Rent Act 1977 — Statutory tenant — Temporary transfer of statutory tenant to neighbouring flat during repairs and renovations to the mews in which both flats were situated — Problems…

Rent Act 1977, section 2 — ‘Company let’ — Scheme to take advantage of rule that a limited company, as a corporate body, could be a protected but not a…

Rent Act 1977 — Whether tenancy agreement a restricted contract within section 21 of the Rent Act 1977

Rent Act 1977, Case 16 in Schedule 15 — Landlord sought possession of a cottage occupied by the tenant which had formerly been occupied by the landlord’s cowman and which…

Rent Acts–Appeal from decision of county court judge refusing order for possession–Main issue suitability of alternative accommodation offered by landlords–Whether accommodation was reasonably suitable to the needs of the tenant…

Rent Act 1977 — Case 9 in Schedule 15 — Appeal by tenant against county court judge’s order for possession and rent arrears — Tenant also complained of the refusal…