Rent Acts

Rent Act 1977, section 12(1)(c) and Schedule 2–Position on death of resident landlord–Possession action by deceased’s brother who was both sole executor and sole beneficiary under the will–Brother went into…

Third Court of Appeal case on question whether transaction was a non-exclusive licence or a protected tenancy–A property owner can order his affairs so as to prevent his property being…

Rent Act 1977, Case 11 in Schedule 15 — Court’s dispensing power where notice in writing to the tenant that possession might be recovered under this case has not been…

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…

Rent Act 1977 — Question whether a registered rent for an unfurnished dwelling applied when the same dwelling was let furnished — Held, upholding decision of county court judge, that…

Rent Act 1977, Case 19 in Schedule 15 — Termination of protected shorthold tenancy — Service of notice of intention to take possession — Whether notice properly served — Whether…

Rent Act 1977 — Technical jurisdictional point in a landlord’s claim for possession based on Case 11 in Schedule 15 to the 1977 Act — Landlord, in order to expedite…

Possession of rent-controlled flat really required by landlord to enable him to sell property and meet his debts–Not ‘reasonably required’ for own occupation–Question of landlord’s prospects and their relevance to…

Rent Act 1977, Schedule 15, Case 3 — Tenant’s appeal from county court judge’s order for possession of cottage — Appellant was the statutory tenant by second succession — After…

Rent Act 1977, Sched 15, Case 9, para (b) — Dwelling-house reasonably required by landlord for ‘any son or daughter of his over 18 years of age’ — Question in…

Rent Act 1977, section 12(1) — Joint landlords — One joint landlord resident — Whether resident landlord exception in section 12(1) applied, so that tenancy was not protected — Tenant’s…