Rent Acts

Rent Acts–Succession on death of statutory tenant–Meaning of ‘member of the original tenant’s family’–Platonic friendship between elderly widow and much younger man–Looked upon as nephew–Strict view taken by Court of…

Rent Act 1977, section 19 — Whether a letting at a rent which included payment for services was a restricted contract–County court judge held that it was a restricted contract…

Rent Act 1977 — Second succession to tenancy on death — Meaning of ‘member of the first successor’s family’ in Sched 1, para 7 — Claim by lady, now aged…

Landlord and tenant — Rent Act 1977 and section 11 of Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 — Possession — Appeal by statutory tenant from decision of county court judge ordering…

Sale of lease from Church Commissioners of flat in Little Venice proposed to be by assignment, and £400 deposit paid on £4,000 premium disguised as payment for about £1,000-worth of…

Rent Act 1977, section 12 — Whether resident landlord provisions excluding a tenancy from being a protected tenancy applied — Sole question in present case was whether the tenant’s dwelling-house…

Rent tribunal’s grant of less than six months’ security of tenure on reference by tenant after notice to quit–Tribunal wished to give landlord an opportunity to repair the premises, but…

Rent Act–Flat let by employers to tenant in consequence of his employment–Tenant protected subject to possibility of Case 8 in Schedule 15 to the Rent Act 1977 applying–Very small rent…

Rent Act 1977, section 98 and Schedule 15–Question as to suitability of alternative accommodation–Accommodation offered near to tenant’s place of work (Luton) but far from the present flat in which…

Rent Act 1977 — Statutory tenant — Temporary transfer of statutory tenant to neighbouring flat during repairs and renovations to the mews in which both flats were situated — Problems…

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…