Rent Acts
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Hilton v Plustitle Ltd and another
Rent Act 1977, section 2 — ‘Company let’ — Scheme to take advantage of rule that a limited company, as a corporate body, could be a protected but not a…
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Ellis & Sons Fourth Amalgamated Properties Ltd v Southern Rent Assessment Panel
Rent Act 1977 — Statutory appeal under section 13 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 from a decision of a rent assessment committee on an application for a certificate…
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Gray v Brown
Rent Act 1977 — Whether tenancy agreement a restricted contract within section 21 of the Rent Act 1977
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Fowler v Minchin
Rent Act 1977, Case 16 in Schedule 15 — Landlord sought possession of a cottage occupied by the tenant which had formerly been occupied by the landlord’s cowman and which…
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Yewbright Properties Ltd v Stone and others
Rent Acts–Appeal from decision of county court judge refusing order for possession–Main issue suitability of alternative accommodation offered by landlords–Whether accommodation was reasonably suitable to the needs of the tenant…
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Bostock v Tacher de la Pagerie
Rent Act 1977 — Case 9 in Schedule 15 — Appeal by tenant against county court judge’s order for possession and rent arrears — Tenant also complained of the refusal…
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Fontana NV v Mautner
Promissory estoppel–Action for possession of flat not subject to the Rent Acts–Tenant in occupation of flat under a succession of terms since 1952–Tenant’s wife suffering from severe mental and physical…
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Hampstead Way Investments Ltd v Lewis-Weare and another
Rent Act 1977 — Question whether the statutory tenant of a flat who, jointly with his wife, purchased a house about half a mile away from the flat retained the…
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Naish v Curzon and another
Rent Act 1977, Case 11 in Schedule 15 — Dwelling-house let by owner-occupier and required by him as a residence — Meaning of ‘residence’ for the purpose of para (a)…
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Aristocrat Property Investments v Harounoff
Rent Act 1977 — Appeal from possession order made by county court judge — History of rent arrears — Absolute possession order made on ground of arrears — Statutory tenant…
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Pocock v Steel
Rent Act 1977 — Case 11 in Schedule 15 (premises let by an owner-occupier) — Whether an owner who has not been in occupation for a lengthy period before granting…
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Cobstone Investments Ltd v Maxim
Rent Act 1977 — Statutory tenant’s appeal against county court order for possession — Case 2 in Schedule 15 to 1977 Act — ‘Conduct which is a nuisance or annoyance…