Northumberland & Durham Property Trust Ltd v London Rent Assessment Committee and another (No 2)
Northumberland & Durham Property Trust Ltd v London Rent Assessment Committee and another (No 2)
- 1998
- Estates Gazette Law Reports [1998] 24 EG 128-130(3) .
QBD 9 February 1998. The respondents determined a fair rent for a flat owned by the appellant. The committee considered eight open market value comparables, two of which provided comparable accommodation to the flat, and arrived at a fair rent after adjusting a fair rent comparable. The appellant appealed against the decision. The committee conceded that its decision should be quashed. The decison was quashed and remitted for reconsideration on the basis that a rent assessment committee should use the evidence of open market rents wherever they can provide some assistance.
ADJUSTMENTS
COMPARABLES
FAIR RENTS
METROPOLITAN PROPERTY HOLDINGS LTD V FINEGOLD
OPEN MARKET RENTS
RENT ACT 1977 S70
SPATH HOLME LTD V GREATER MANCHESTER AND LANCASHIRE RENT ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
QBD 9 February 1998. The respondents determined a fair rent for a flat owned by the appellant. The committee considered eight open market value comparables, two of which provided comparable accommodation to the flat, and arrived at a fair rent after adjusting a fair rent comparable. The appellant appealed against the decision. The committee conceded that its decision should be quashed. The decison was quashed and remitted for reconsideration on the basis that a rent assessment committee should use the evidence of open market rents wherever they can provide some assistance.
ADJUSTMENTS
COMPARABLES
FAIR RENTS
METROPOLITAN PROPERTY HOLDINGS LTD V FINEGOLD
OPEN MARKET RENTS
RENT ACT 1977 S70
SPATH HOLME LTD V GREATER MANCHESTER AND LANCASHIRE RENT ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE