Rent Acts
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Betts and others v Vivamat Properties Ltd
Rent Act 1977, section 71(4) — Variable rents — Appeal by statutory tenants, of whom the case of one was considered as an example, from a decision of a rent…
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Firstcross Ltd (Formerly Welgelegen NV) v East West (Export/Import) Ltd and another
Rent Act 1977–Failure of valiant attempt to overturn established doctrine that, although a limited company tenant can claim Rent Act protection as to rent, it cannot on the termination of…
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Dibbs and others v Campbell and another
Rent Act 1977, Case 19 in Schedule 15, and Housing Act 1980, section 52 —- Protected shorthold tenancy — Failure to comply with technical requirements of section 52(1)(c) of 1980…
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R v Newcastle upon Tyne County Court, ex parte Thompson
Rent Act 1977 — Possession — Application for judicial review — Consent judgment and orders in county court challenged — Case 9 in Schedule 15 to 1977 Act — Rules…
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London Housing & Commercial Properties Ltd v Cowan
Fair rent–If rent officer concludes that premises have been improved, committee must simply proceed to an assessment–Their assessment must be a straightforward reassessment of the current fair rent, not one…
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Waddington v Surrey and Sussex Rent Assessment Committee
Rent Act 1977 — Statutory appeal under Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 against decision of rent assessment committee — Landlord’s appeal against committee’s assessment of the fair rent at a…
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Beebe v Mason
Rent Act 1977, section 12(1)(c) and Schedule 2–Position on death of resident landlord–Possession action by deceased’s brother who was both sole executor and sole beneficiary under the will–Brother went into…
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O’Malley v Seymour
Third Court of Appeal case on question whether transaction was a non-exclusive licence or a protected tenancy–A property owner can order his affairs so as to prevent his property being…
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Bradshaw and another v Baldwin-Wiseman
Rent Act 1977, Case 11 in Schedule 15 — Court’s dispensing power where notice in writing to the tenant that possession might be recovered under this case has not been…
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Perseus Property Co Ltd v Burberry and others
Rent Act 1977 — Landlords’ appeal against decision of rent assessment committee — Main complaints against the decision were the failure of the committee to include in the amount fairly…