Court of Appeal
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R v Secretary of State for the Environment , ex parte Hood
On a special review of a definitive map carried out in pursuance of the Countryside Act 1968, a council may not, without new evidence, downgrade a ‘road used as a…
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Love and another v Herrity
Landlord and tenant — Tenants in arrear with rent — Notice to quit said to have been given by landlord — Conflict as to facts — Tenants leaving flat and…
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Bell and others v General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corporation Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 — Tenancy by estoppel — Whether tenancy by estoppel protected by 1954 Act — Whether landlord entitled to interim rent
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Rennie and another v Proma Ltd and another
Leasehold Reform Act 1967 — Enfranchisement — Application for enfranchisement by lessees of a cottage held for a term of 99 years from December 1981 — Difficulties and complications faced…
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Staines Warehousing Co Ltd v Montagu Executor & Trustee Co Ltd and another
Landlord and tenant — Rent review clause in lease of property in trading estate — Whether a letter to president of the RICS on behalf of landlords constituted an effective…
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Hanstown Properties Ltd v Green
Rent Acts–Application of doctrine of undisclosed principal–Lease to two named tenants–Whether mother of one of the tenants was entitled also to claim a tenancy on the ground that she was…
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Trans-Britannia Properties Ltd v Darby Properties Ltd
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part II — Whether tenants were in occupation of the relevant premises for the purpose of a business carried on by them within the meaning…
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Anglia Building Society v Sheffield City Council
Landlord and tenant — Clause in lease restricting user of premises to that of a travel and employment bureau and theatre ticket agency — Premises let to an employment agency…
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Legal & General Assurance Society Ltd v Keane
Important rulings by Court of Appeal of interest to rent officers and rent assessment committees–Appeal from county court judge’s interlocutory order in favour of tenant for discovery of information relating…
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Ferrishurst Ltd v Wallcite Ltd
Option to purchase — Land Registration Act 1925 — Unregistered option — Overriding interest — Actual occupation — Whether occupier must be in occupation of whole of land comprised in…
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R v Kerrier District Council, ex parte Guppys (Bridport) Ltd
Houses unfit for human habitation–Word ‘shall’ in sections 9 and 16 of Housing Act 1957 imperative–No discretion to proceed instead under Public Health Act 1936–Appeal by district council dismissed
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Brown v Gloucester City Council
Landlord and tenant — Rent review — Construction — Term of hypothetical letting of notional building(s) — Whether ‘terms’ of lease includes duration of term