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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

Posted in Disrepair, FLW case note and Housing law - All. Tags: , , , , , , .

Riverside Housing v White, House of Lords

By NL on 13/05/2007. 0 Comments

The Court of Appeal judgment in Riverside suggested that if rent increases hadn’t been levied pretty much exactly as per any provision in the tenancy agreement, those increases were invalid. Riverside had levied rent increases later than the date specified in the tenancy agreement. This was a rent arrears possession case and the arrears were reduced considerably by this.

It wasn’t something that came up very often – I’ve not seen a case – but was always worth checking, particularly in ground 8 cases.

Now the House of Lords has allowed Riverside’s appeal and largely overturned the Court of Appeal. (Riverside HA v White and another [2007] UKHL 20… Read the full post

Posted in assured-tenancy, FLW case note, Housing law - All and Possession. Tags: , , , , , .
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