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001			ABS40257
008			090401t1989 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u22576
041			_aeng
245			_aDockerill v Fitzpatrick
260			_c1989
350			_a0
490			_aEstates Gazette _v(1989) 02 EG 75-81(4)
520			_aCA 5 May 1988. An appeal by Fitzpatrick (F), from a County Court decision, granting the landlord, the present respondent, an order for possession of land for non-payment of rent. Briefly, there was an agreement by which F was to have a tenancy of the land for 10 years, with an option to be exercised on expiry, to purchase a minimum of four acres - the price to be agreed or determined by arbitration if necessary. F subsequently gave notice to exercise the option , but there was no agreement between the parties on the price, and no reference to arbitration. F remained in occupation, but paid no rent. Eventually he was served with a notice for payment of rent followed by a notice to quit under the Agricultural Holdings (Notices to Quit) Act 1977 s2(3) Case D . The landlord sold the land to the present respondent with an assignment to collect the rent. The respondent commenced proceedings for possession. F contended that although the tenancy had ceased he occupied the land as a potential
650			_aRENT ARREARS
690			_aLANDLORD AND TENANT-CASE LAW-AGRICULTURAL TENANCIES
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c15129 _d15129