R (on the application of Morris) v London Rent Assessment Committee and others
Series: Estates Gazette Law Reports ; (0224) 24 EG 149-152(4)Publication details: 2002Subject(s):- TERMINATION
- PROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT-RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND HOUSING ACT 1989 S186
- LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT 1954 PART I
- R V LONDON RENT ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE AND OTHERS EX P MORRIS
- LONG LEASES
- RENT ACT 1977
- RENT ASSESSMENT
- HOUSING ACT 1988
- VALIDITY
- LANDLORD AND TENANT-RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES-CASE LAW
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| Journal article | London Journal article | ABS65640 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 118578-1001 |
CA 7 March 2002. Claimants (M) appeal from the dismissal of Hooper J on 4 May 2001, of his application for judicial review of a) the decision of the London Rent Assessment Committee to proceed to determine the rent of his Chelsea flat under the provisions of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 s186, and b) the subsequent determination of the rent by the committee, at £2 708 per month (£32 496 pa) The main dispute concerned the status of M's tenancy of his flat. Whether after the expiration of M's tenancy, which was a long lease at a low rent, M became, as he argued, a statutory tenant of the flat under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 Part I, or whether as his landlord (L) contended M became an assured tenant under the 1989 Act. The resolution of the issue was whether a notice terminating the tenancy, given by L in 1995 was valid as did did not name the tenant of the flat at the time (F) but was addressed to his predecessor in title (B). M contended the 1995 notice was valid while L argued that it was not. L and Hooper J held that the 1995 notice was invalid. M appealed. "Held" appeal was dismissed. View judgment at www.courtservice.gov.uk/.