Rent Acts
-
Daejan Properties Ltd v Chambers
Rent Act 1977 — Appeal by landlords against decision of rent assessment committee — Rent officer determined a fair rent of flat at £2,325 per annum inclusive of £826.58 per…
-
Somma v Hazelhurst ; Somma v Savelli
Important decision on agreements to grant non-exclusive licences of residential accommodation–Rent Act not applicable to these particular agreements–Separate licences granted to two persons living together to use a double-bed-sitting room…
-
Guppys Properties Ltd v Knott ; Guppys Properties Ltd v Strutt
Fair rents–Evidence of fair rents–Capital values, other registered rents and market values all legitimate evidence–Rent assessment committee not obliged to follow any particular method of valuation–Extent of duty to give…
-
Investment & Freehold English Estates Ltd v Casement
Rent Act 1977 — Long tenancy — Exclusion from Rent Act protection of tenancies where rent payable is less than two-thirds of rateable value of dwelling-house on the appropriate day…
-
Western Heritable Investment Co Ltd v Husband
Rent Acts — Correct interpretation of ‘scarcity’ provision in determination of a fair rent — Section 42(2) of Rent (Scotland) Act 1971, the wording of which is identical with that…
-
Normanton (Earl) v Giles and another
Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976–Action for possession of cottage–Whether gamekeeper an agricultural worker–Glendyne v Rapley followed–Submission of distinction based on commercial aspects of pheasant shooting rejected–County court judge’s order for possession…
-
Guestheath Ltd v Mirza
Rent Act 1977 — Rateable value limits for protected tenancy — Retrospective alteration of rateable values — Original values, which were above the limits for protection at the material times,…
-
Aldrington Garages v Fielder
Rent Act–Separate but identical agreements made with two occupiers of same flat at same time–Agreements framed as licences and so as not to confer exclusive possession–Recital that the agreement was…
-
R v Rent Officer for London Borough of Camden, ex parte Ebiri and another
Rent Act 1977 — Question whether tenancy was a protected tenancy or excluded from protection as a holiday letting by virtue of section 9 of the Act — Duty of…
-
Metropolitan Properties Co Ltd v Griffiths
Landlord and tenant — Rent Act 1977 — Action by landlords against statutory tenant for possession of flat on the ground of breach of covenants — The particular breach alleged…
-
McCall v Abelesz and another
A civil action for harassment lies at a tenant’s suit for breach of a term of the tenancy, but not for breach of statutory obligation under section 30 (2) of…
-
R v Rent Officer for the London Borough of Camden, ex parte Felix
Rent Act 1977 — Applications by landlord of four properties for judicial review refused — Applications to rent officer to register fair rents signed by some but not all joint…