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035 _a(Sirsi) u30061
041 _aeng
245 _aTrustees of the Gift of Thomas Pocklington v Hill and Another
260 _c1989
350 _a0
490 _aEstates Gazette
_v(1989) 36 EG 87-90(3)
520 _aCA 16 March 1989. Appeal by landlords (T) from cc decision dismissing a claim for possession of a house occupied successively by H and S, daughters of the original tenant (B). The house was let to B in the 1930s on a weekly tenancy. He lived there until he died in 1982. Shortly before his death, H who had married, moved back to nurse B. On his death, H took out letters of administration and continued to live in the house for several months, paying the rent. About two weeks before H left, her sister S moved in and has lived there since 1983. At issue was whether T were entitled to possession. Cc judge rejected their claim, on the grounds that B`s contractual tenancy had never been determined. It followed that H became a contractual tenant and there was no doubt that S occupied the house with her sister`s consent; she was therefore a protected tenant. CA agreed but the interpretation was different. CA considered the effects of Rent Act 1977 s49(4) . In the almost complete absence of ev
650 _aPROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT-RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES
690 _aLANDLORD AND TENANT-CASE LAW-RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES
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948 _c04/03/1997
999 _c20237
_d20237