Ahoy, 'Dinty Moore', your time is up

Wilkinson, H. W.

Ahoy, 'Dinty Moore', your time is up - 2001 - NLJ Practitioner 151(6976) 23 March 2001, 419-420(2) .

Offers an in-depth discussion of the issues raised in "Chelsea Yacht and Boat Company Ltd v Pope" and the implications of the CA's ruling. This involved the issue of whether the letting of a houseboat constituted a tenancy of a dwelling-house, according to the Housing Act 1988 Part 1. The CA judge considered two issues: whether the houseboat was a chattel and thus incapable of being the subject of a tenancy, and argued that the houseboat was not a dwelling-house. Permanence and the purpose of annexation were important factors in this case. Gives details of other cases in which the issue of annexation arose, if in different contexts.


CHELSEA YACHT AND BOAT CO LTD V POPE
HOUSEBOATS
CHATTELS
ANNEXATION