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Tenant`s short absence

Language: English Series: Times ; 11/1/91 p29Publication details: 1991Subject(s): Summary: In Hedgedale Ltd v Hards , CA 7 November 1990, it was held that where a person resided with a statutory tenant and both parties intended that the person would become a permanent member of the tenant`s household, the fact that the tenant was temporarily absent for four months did not mean that the person was not residing with the tenant during that period for the purposes of succeeding to the tenancy on the tenant`s death under Rent Act 1977 Sched 1 .

In Hedgedale Ltd v Hards , CA 7 November 1990, it was held that where a person resided with a statutory tenant and both parties intended that the person would become a permanent member of the tenant`s household, the fact that the tenant was temporarily absent for four months did not mean that the person was not residing with the tenant during that period for the purposes of succeeding to the tenancy on the tenant`s death under Rent Act 1977 Sched 1 .