Tag Archive for 'fair rent'

Ain’t nothin’ goin’ on ’bout the rent

By NL on 02/01/2012. 0 Comments

Tolui v London Rent Assessment Panel [2011] EWHC (Admin), [2011] All ER (D) 126 (Dec) [On Lawtel, not on Bailii yet] Or how not to go about challenging a Rent Assessment Panel decision.

Mr T is the landlord of a rent act protected tenancy. In 2009 he applied to the Rent Assessment Panel under the Rent Act 1977 to register a fair rent for the property of £360 per week. The RAP set a fair rent of £63.50 per week in January 2010. Mr T responded by issuing Judicial Review proceedings in April 2010 challenging the RAP’s decision.

The correct procedure was by way of a statutory appeal to the … Read the full post

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Further Adventures in Fair Rents

By David Smith on 13/05/2010. 0 Comments

Compatriot Holdings Ltd Co & Anor v Chairwoman of London Rent Assessment Committee & Ors [2009] EWHC 3312 (Admin)

Following on from the post by NL in Ahmed & Ors v Murphy it has been a busy time for the High Court and the London Rent Assessment Committee (LRAC).

The appeal concerns the registration of a fair rent for two properties in Ladbroke Crescent, London. A number of other parties were involved in this appeal. C had passed its interest to Glissen Properties Ltd in December 2008 so they were added to the appeal as an interested party by order. The tenants of the two properties were also added although … Read the full post

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Of fair rents, disrepair and unreasonable temptations

By NL on 12/05/2010. 2 Comments

Ahmed & Ors v Murphy [2010] EWHC 453 (Admin)

This was an appeal to the High Court of a decision by the London Rent Assessment Committee (LRAC) that the maximum fair rent payable by Mr Murphy for the flat in Brick Lane, Spitalfields was £8.50 per week. The appeal was brought by the landlords, the Ahmeds. Neither the tenant, Mr Murphy, nor the LRAC attended or were represented.

As a case, it is primarily about assessment of maximum fair rent for protected tenants, but there is something for everyone in there, from security of tenure to ‘reasonable notice’ in disrepair. It also features one of the most bewildering set of … Read the full post

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