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001			ABS40133
008			090401t1988 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u21681
041			_aeng
245			_aEstavest Investments Ltd v Commercial Express Travel Ltd and another
260			_c1988
350			_a0
490			_aEstates Gazette _v(8849) 10 December 1988, 73-77(3)
520			_aCA 24 September 1988. A flat occupied by the second defendant (S), was let to a company of which S was both a director and a relative of the managing director. The lease ended in 1983 and was entered into by a different company (C) of which S was the sole director. Therefore from 1977 onwards S was the sole occupier, but the tenants were limited companies with which S was associated. In August 1986 a notice to quit was served and a judgment was entered into for possession against both defendants with a money judgment against C for arrears of rent. The defence was based on the fact that the agreements were a sham to avoid the Rent Acts , however it was held by the recorder and upheld by CA that there was no evidence upon which the present leases could be held to be otherwise than genuine. The companies were genuine tenants and S was their licensee.
650			_aCOMPANY LET
690			_aLANDLORD AND TENANT-CASE LAW-RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c14539 _d14539