Key issues

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A number of cases have revealed details of how the UK's Rent Act 1997 operates. In Church Commissioners for England v Baines, for example, the Court of Appeal considered whether a subtenant of mixed residential and business premises was protected by this legislation. The case of Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association focused on the operation of the statutory succession provisions in the Rent Act 1997. Case law continues to develop on the issue of assured and assured shorthold tenancies, even though the Housing Act 1996 has made significant changes to the Housing Act 1988.

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Goodbye, cruel rent

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A number of recent cases have addressed contentious issues relating to rent reviews in the UK. In Dukeminster (Ebbgate House One) Ltd v Somerfield Property Co Ltd, the Court of Appeal ruled that, where no clear words are present, notional premises cannot be held to be such as to produce a valuation which cannot reasonably have been intended to apply to the actual premises. In Coventry Motor Mart Ltd v Corner Coventry Ltd, the judge considered the proper interpretation of a rent review formula which calculated the rent by reference to the rent paid by a subtenant.

Administration of Housing Programs, Rental Regulations, Housing policy, Rents (Property), Rent control

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Residential tenancies: an update

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There have been only a few cases recently which have dealt with issues relating to residential tenancies. One case has looked at whether the landlord in question was in residence for the purposes of the resident landlord exception in section 12(1)(b) of the Rent Act 1977. Another has assessed whether the term granted was a term of six months for the purposes of the Housing Act 1988, while another considered whether the premises in question were a 'house' for the purposes of section 2(1) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967.

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