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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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Improvements and rent redux

By NL on 27/04/2010. 0 Comments

Hughes v Borodex Ltd. [2010] EWCA Civ 425

This was the Court of Appeal hearing of the appeal from the High Court decision on first appeal that we reported in March 2009. I won’t rehearse the facts, which are in the earlier post, but the issue was whether former long leaseholders who had ended up with an assured tenancy as a result of notice served under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 should have improvements that they carried out during the period of the lease taken into account in determination of the rent level for the assured tenancy, set by the Rent Assessment Committee after the interim … Read the full post

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Service charges up, enfranchisement down: some LVT statistics

By Francis Davey on 27/12/2009. 0 Comments

As food for reader’s thought as 2009 draws to an end, a quick comment on a recent written answer given to the Shadow Housing minister Grant Shapps. Since many readers’ will be full of seasonal fare I thought some pictures rather than words would be more apt.

Graph of leasehold business in the LVT

Our first picture shows a turnaround in the core leasehold work carried out by the LVT with enfranchisement and lease extension applications down and service charge disputes up. The fall in old LVT work probably stems from the collapse in the housing market and poor availability of credit. I would like to think that better publicity of the service charge jurisdiction has … Read the full post

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Improvements, rent and former long leaseholders – a nasty loophole

By Francis Davey on 25/03/2009. 0 Comments

The recent case of Hughes v Borodex Ltd [2009] EWHC 565 (Admin) illustrates a pitfall that may face the very small number of former long leaseholders who have become assured tenancies as a result of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (“the 1989 Act”).

Mrs Hughes had been the tenant under a lease that was originally granted for a term of 39.25 years (less 3 days) on 25 March 1964. The tenancy was kept alive by the 1989 Act (which requires the landlord to serve a notice to bring most long residential leases to an end after the term has expired).

In due course the respondent landlord did serve … Read the full post

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