A new weapon for tenants
Heppinstall, A.
A new weapon for tenants - 2002 - Solicitors' Journal 146(3) 25 January 2002, 59-60(2) .
Recommends that landlords and their advisers consider the implications of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 when drafting leases. Office of Fair Trading "Guidance on unfair terms in tenancy agreements" OFT356 November 2001 encourages movement away from the use of language a lay person would find unintelligible. Citing various cases and acts it warns that the 1999 Regulations will be used by tenants in their disputes with landlords.
LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT 1985
UNFAIR CONTRACT TERMS ACT 1977
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY NOMINEES LTD V IAF GROUP LTD
UNFAIR TERMS IN CONSUMER CONTRACTS REGULATIONS 1999
OFT
OFT
STOP NOW ORDERS (INJUNCTIONS DIRECTIVE) REGULATIONS 2001
DGFT V FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998
PREVENTION OF EVICTION ACT 1977
LEASES
HOUSING LAW
A new weapon for tenants - 2002 - Solicitors' Journal 146(3) 25 January 2002, 59-60(2) .
Recommends that landlords and their advisers consider the implications of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 when drafting leases. Office of Fair Trading "Guidance on unfair terms in tenancy agreements" OFT356 November 2001 encourages movement away from the use of language a lay person would find unintelligible. Citing various cases and acts it warns that the 1999 Regulations will be used by tenants in their disputes with landlords.
LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT 1985
UNFAIR CONTRACT TERMS ACT 1977
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY NOMINEES LTD V IAF GROUP LTD
UNFAIR TERMS IN CONSUMER CONTRACTS REGULATIONS 1999
OFT
OFT
STOP NOW ORDERS (INJUNCTIONS DIRECTIVE) REGULATIONS 2001
DGFT V FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998
PREVENTION OF EVICTION ACT 1977
LEASES
HOUSING LAW