Rent Act and Landlord and Tenant Act 1954–Whether tenancies regulated tenancies or business tenancies–Landlords in two cases contended that tenancies were business tenancies–Lord Denning’s illustrative cases–Possibility of character of tenancy…
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part II — Landlord’s notice to terminate business tenancy — Whether notice valid — Requirement of section 25(6) of Act that the notice must, inter…
Negligence — Valuation for ‘non-status’ mortgage — Contributory negligence — Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 — Meaning of ‘damage’ — Whether damage overall transaction loss or part of loss…
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, section 30(1)(f) — Court’s comments on procedure and tactics and criticism of merits of appeal — ‘Playing the system’ — British Railways Board wanted possession…
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part II — Appeals by landlords against decisions granting new tenancies to stamp dealers in the Stamp Centre or ‘Bourse’ in the Shell-Mex House complex,…
Long lease at a premium–Right to buy purchaser out in certain events held avoided by provisions in section 17 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 against contracting-out–A surrender is…
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part II — Terms on which new lease of gentlemen’s hairdressing premises should be granted — Landlords’ appeal against county court judge’s decision — Decision…
Business tenancy–Notice to terminate contained out-of-date figure for county court limit of rateable value–Tenant would however still have landed up in the correct court even had he relied implicitly on…
Business tenancy–Notice to terminate given in old form referring to period of two months from ‘receiving’ of notice–Majority hold this form of words to be substantially to the same effect…
Landlord and tenant — Liability of original tenant for arrears of rent — Whether original tenant liable for rent during continuation tenancy under Part II of the Landlord and Tenant…
Landlord and tenant — Application for a new tenancy under Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 — Directions for hearing of application — Applicant tenant appearing at…
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, section 38(4) — Contracting-out with authority of the court — Correct procedure not followed by parties and attempt to contract-out ineffective — Wording of section…