Harrison v Wing
Language: English Series: Estates Gazette ; (8829) 23 July 1988, 101-104(3)Publication details: 1988Subject(s): Summary: CA 30 March 1988 Appeal by Wing, the occupier of farmland against a cc decision, in favour of Harrison and others (H), in an action for possession . The land originally belonged to H`s father and after his death, the executors allowed one of their number, H, to occupy the land. W approached H thinking that he owned the land and obtained what purported to be a term of two years and thereafter from year to year. Some years later H, then the sole surviving executor, carrying out the trusts of his father`s will, assented to the vesting of the land in himself and his two sisters, to hold as tenants in common. They then served on H a notice to quit which became effective as H did not serve a counternotice pursuant to Agricultural Holdings Act 1948 . W was informed that as H`s head tenancy had ended, so had his subtenancy . W refused to quit claiming a tenancy protected by the 1948 Act and this was upheld by the cc who decided that as H had no tenancy he could not grant a subtenancy and the| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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CA 30 March 1988 Appeal by Wing, the occupier of farmland against a cc decision, in favour of Harrison and others (H), in an action for possession . The land originally belonged to H`s father and after his death, the executors allowed one of their number, H, to occupy the land. W approached H thinking that he owned the land and obtained what purported to be a term of two years and thereafter from year to year. Some years later H, then the sole surviving executor, carrying out the trusts of his father`s will, assented to the vesting of the land in himself and his two sisters, to hold as tenants in common. They then served on H a notice to quit which became effective as H did not serve a counternotice pursuant to Agricultural Holdings Act 1948 . W was informed that as H`s head tenancy had ended, so had his subtenancy . W refused to quit claiming a tenancy protected by the 1948 Act and this was upheld by the cc who decided that as H had no tenancy he could not grant a subtenancy and the