Rent Acts

Rent Act 1977 — ‘Suitable alternative accommodation’ — Appeal against order for possession made by county court judge — Elderly statutory tenants living in handsome period country house with numerous…

Rent Act 1977, section 12 and Schedule 2 — Resident landlord — Condition in section 12 requiring continuous occupation as a residence of a dwelling-house in the building other than…

Rent Act 1977, Case 9 in Schedule 15 — Appeal by tenants from county court judge’s order in action for possession by landlord who submitted under Case 9 that she…

Rent Act 1974–Occupant of bed-sitting room held a licensee and not a tenant–Observations on the distinction between a tenancy and a licence–Further point on the nature of the ‘attendance’ which…

Rent Act 1977 — Statutory tenants — Tenancy granted in contravention of prohibition in mortgage deed — Tenancy granted for a term of nine months after which tenants became statutory…

Rent Acts–Application of doctrine of undisclosed principal–Lease to two named tenants–Whether mother of one of the tenants was entitled also to claim a tenancy on the ground that she was…

Important rulings by Court of Appeal of interest to rent officers and rent assessment committees–Appeal from county court judge’s interlocutory order in favour of tenant for discovery of information relating…

Rent Act 1977, section 7(1) — Tenancy not a protected tenancy if under the tenancy the dwelling-house is bona fide let at a rent which includes payments in respect of…

Rent Act 1977 — Case 9 in Schedule 15 and para 1 of Part III of Schedule — ‘Greater hardship’ — Onus on tenant to establish greater hardship — Difficult…