Court of Appeal
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Hillman v Beverley Borough Council
Compulsory purchase — Compensation — Site value — House subject to demolition order — Appeal by house-owner from decision of Lands Tribunal — Rule (2) in section 5 of Land…
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Brickfield Properties Ltd v Hughes and others
Rent Act 1977 — Statutory tenancy — Whether tenant continued to occupy flat as his residence — Statutory tenant of a London flat began in 1978, after his retirement as…
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Murray v Birmingham City Council
Landlord and tenant — Repairs — Landlords’ implied covenant under section 32 of Housing Act 1961 (now replaced by sections 11-16 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985) — Terraced…
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Crancour Ltd v Da Silvaesa and another ; Same v Merola and another
Landlord and tenant — Licence or tenancy — Street v Mountford again considered — Appeals by occupiers allowed but procedural issues influenced the result — Order 113 of Rules of…
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Turone and another v Howard de Walden Estates Ltd
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part II — Difficulties as to dates of commencement and expiry of new tenancy — Effect of section 64 when there is an appeal to…
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Lewis v Weldcrest Ltd
Rent Acts–Whether tenancy a protected tenancy or a business tenancy under Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954–Tenancy formerly controlled–Tenant took in a few boarders to help pay…
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Surrey County Council v Lamond
Landlord and tenant — Service tenancy — Housing Act 1985 — Accommodation for better performance of employee’s duties — Whether tenant required to occupy premises for better performance of his…
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Tandon v Trustees of Spurgeon’s Homes
Leasehold Reform Act 1967 — Whether building a ‘house’, so as to qualify for enfranchisement under the Act, or a shop — Court of Appeal divided — Majority, reversing decision…
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Investment & Freehold English Estates Ltd v Casement
Landlord and tenant — Rent Acts and Leasehold Reform Act 1967 — Long tenancy at a low rent — Rent payable of less than two-thirds of rateable value — Effect…
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Gordon and another v Selico Co Ltd and another
Landlord and tenant — Appeal from decision of Goulding J in favour of long leaseholders of flat in action by them against lessors (Selico Co Ltd) and management agents (Select…
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Brace v South East Regional Housing Association Ltd and another
This was an appeal from a decision of Mr Michael Wheeler QC, sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court, on a claim based on nuisance and negligence brought…
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Mentel v Mentel
Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, section 24–Adjustment of property between spouses in a case in which wife had remarried and had a home elsewhere–Court decides against straight 50 per cent approach…