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Lodgers or tenants?

Language: English Series: Independent ; 28/6/89 p8Publication details: 1989Subject(s): Summary: In Aslan v Murphy No 1 and No 2 ; Wynne v Duke CA 27 June 1989 it was held that if an agreement between the owner of premises and the occupier was not a sham, in deciding whether the occupier was a lodger or a tenant, the court should consider whether in the light of the factual situation, its provisions were part of the true bargain between the parties or were pretences.

In Aslan v Murphy No 1 and No 2 ; Wynne v Duke CA 27 June 1989 it was held that if an agreement between the owner of premises and the occupier was not a sham, in deciding whether the occupier was a lodger or a tenant, the court should consider whether in the light of the factual situation, its provisions were part of the true bargain between the parties or were pretences.