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Antoniades v Villiers and Bridger

Language: English Series: New Law Journal ; 25 March 1988, 87-89(3)Publication details: 1988Subject(s): Summary: CA 17 March 1988 The landlord Antoniades (A) let a flat to an unmarried couple (V) and (B) under separate but identical licence agreements. The agreement signed by V stated that the licensor "is not willing to grant the licensee exclusive possession of any part of the rooms" and included an addendum that V "hereby agrees that the licence...does not come within the Rent Acts and the flat is for single people sharing....No person will have exclusive possession of above flat as agreed". A later gave notice to quit and on V and B`s refusal to leave, sought an order for possession in the cc. The court held that V and B were tenants and entitled to the protection of the Rent Acts. On appeal, CA held that if a letting agreement purporting to be a licence is to be regarded as a sham and in reality a tenancy protected by the Rent Acts, it must be shown not only that the occupants intended that they should enjoy a right to exclusive possession, but also that the landlord shared that intention
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CA 17 March 1988 The landlord Antoniades (A) let a flat to an unmarried couple (V) and (B) under separate but identical licence agreements. The agreement signed by V stated that the licensor "is not willing to grant the licensee exclusive possession of any part of the rooms" and included an addendum that V "hereby agrees that the licence...does not come within the Rent Acts and the flat is for single people sharing....No person will have exclusive possession of above flat as agreed". A later gave notice to quit and on V and B`s refusal to leave, sought an order for possession in the cc. The court held that V and B were tenants and entitled to the protection of the Rent Acts. On appeal, CA held that if a letting agreement purporting to be a licence is to be regarded as a sham and in reality a tenancy protected by the Rent Acts, it must be shown not only that the occupants intended that they should enjoy a right to exclusive possession, but also that the landlord shared that intention