In good repair
Article Abstract:
Several important cases dealing with dilapidations have been heard in the UK courts during 1997-98. A case in the Court of Appeal decided a landlord should pay 3,500 pounds sterling in general damages but did not add an extra sum for the diminution of the value of the tenancy. A vendor was found to be in breech of the Defective Premises Act 1972 because even though he had paid someone to connect the electrical and gas supply it remained unfit for human habitation. A London Borough Council was found to be liable to pay for repairs to an underfloor heating system in a building they were renting.
Publication Name: Estates Gazette
Subject: Real estate industry
ISSN: 0014-1240
Year: 1998
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Bench mark
Article Abstract:
Landlord and tenant cases heard in the British courts by Lord Goddard CJ often concerned cases involving a point of law. Lord Goddard decided in the 1950 Cunliffe and Goodman case the tenant was not liable to carry out repairs because the landlord had plans to demolish the building. The Court of Appeal did not support Lord Goddard's decision and awarded the landlord damages. Lord Goddard considered a landlord was wrong to charge a tenant more than the fixed rent in a 1954 case. Lord Goddard has been accused of sounding like an advocate in the 1952 R v Craig and Bentley trial.
Publication Name: Estates Gazette
Subject: Real estate industry
ISSN: 0014-1240
Year: 1998
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