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035 _a(Sirsi) u39583
041 _aeng
245 _aLees v Tatchell and another
260 _c1990
350 _a0
490 _aEstates Gazette
_v(1990) 23 EG 62-66(3)
520 _aCA 1 February 1990. T was tenant under a tenancy agreement dated 24 May 1957, terminable on 12 calendar months notice in writing, expiring at the end of any year of the tenancy. The premises consisted of an agricultural holding entitled to protection under successive Agricultural Holdings Acts. In 1987 T died and the appellants are his executors. Both T`s agent and the landlord (L) were aware of T`s death within days and attended his funeral. A rent demand was addressed to the executors and paid by personal cheque on one of their accounts and received on 7 April. A notice to quit was issued on 1 July 1987 but not served until 1 August under Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 sched 3 . On the grounds that it was issued within three months of T`s death at which time relevant notice should have been given to L. In this case, although L was aware of T`s death, no formal notice was sent to him as required under legislation. The question arose as to whether return of the rent demand to L const
650 _aCASE LAW
690 _aLANDLORD AND TENANT-CASE LAW-AGRICULTURAL TENANCIES
942 _n0
948 _c04/03/1997
999 _c25386
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