Rent Acts
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Curtis v London Rent Assessment Committee and others
Assessment of regulated rent – Relevance of comparable lettings on assured tenancies – Duty of rent Assessment Committee to give reasons – Whether scarcity discount can be expressed without arithmetical…
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Taboada v Nelson Developments Ltd
Protected tenancy — Tenant occupying bed-sitting-room on weekly tenancy — Landlord providing services to common parts as well as to individual rooms — Services including supply of clean linen –…
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Duke and another v Porter
Rent Act 1977 — Animus revertendi — Appellant was the freehold owner of premises used for business but which contained a residential flat — He was also the tenant of…
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Crown Estate Commissioners v Connor and another
Rent Act 1977, section 70 — Fair rent — Appeal from decision of rent assessment committee — Questions as to scarcity and as to effect on fair rent of tenant’s…
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Alexander v Mohamadzadeh
Rent Act 1977, Schedule 15, Case 9 — Landlord’s appeal from county court judge’s order in possession action — Material date for determining landlord’s reasonable requirements for occupation as residence…
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Patoner Ltd v Lowe
Rent Act 1977 — Tenant’s appeal against decision of assistant recorder that he was not a lawful subtenant and that, accordingly, head landlords were entitled to possession — The case…
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R v Croydon and South West London Rent Tribunal, ex parte Ryzewska
Rent Act 1968–Tenant’s application to fix rent under Part VI–Landlords claim holiday letting–Tribunal decided they had jurisdiction–Discretion of tribunals to decide preliminary question of jurisdiction–Principles to be observed by tribunals–Certiorari…
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Sturolson & Co v Weniz
Landlord and tenant — Licensor and licensee — Rent Act — Whether an agreement created a non-exclusive licence or a protected tenancy under the Rent Act 1977 — Whether agreement…
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Kennealy and another v Dunne and another
Rent Act 1968, Case 10 of Schedule 3–Question of landlords’ (previous owner-occupiers’) claim for possession of house let on regulated tenancy–Meaning of ‘required’ in Case 10–Genuine desire and immediate intention…
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Lyons v Caffery
Rent Act 1977, section 12 — Whether landlord was a ‘resident landlord’ — Tenant’s appeal from county court judge’s decision that landlord was resident, so that he could recover possession…
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Henry Smith’s Charity Trustees v Hemmings
Rent Act 1977 — Appeal from judge’s decision on a case stated on questions of law raised by a rent assessment committee in the course of proceedings before them –…
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R v London Rent Assessment Panel, ex parte Chelmsford Building Co Ltd
Rent Act 1977 — Decision of rent assessment committee of London Rent Assessment Panel challenged by application for judicial review — Landlords seek to have committee’s decision quashed on the…