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001			ABS39996
008			090401t1988 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u20525
041			_aeng
245			_aCheniston Investments Ltd v Waddock and another; Waddock and another v Cheniston Investments Ltd and another
260			_c1988
350			_a0
490			_aEstates Gazette _v(8846) 19 November 1988, 88-99(6)
520			_aCA 27 July 1988 Two appeals by the tenants Waddock and another (W) concerning fair rent registration, from a cc decision in favour of Cheniston Investments (C). The flat was the subject of a 1978 fair rent registration of £900 pa, inclusive of services and use of furniture. During a vacancy in the tenancy in 1980 the flat was modernised and fully furnished. Present tenants moved in 1983, paying £3,641,28 pa, rising in 1984 to £3,744. On discovering the existence of the 1978 registration, W brought proceedings in High Court for overpaid rent. Proceedings were transferred to cc and eventually heard together with C`s claim for possession for failure to pay rent due. Cc upheld C`s contention that the 1980 improvements had made the 1978 registration no longer applicable. CA held with reference to Kent v Millmead Properties Ltd , that the cc went wrong in asking whether there had been a material change in the specification of the dwelling-house or tenancy. He should have asked whether the
690			_aLANDLORD AND TENANT-CASE LAW-RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c13751 _d13751