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001			ABS67274
008			031125n2003 000 0 eng u
035			_a(Sirsi) u124465
100			_aMurdoch, S.
245			_aTake it one day at a time
260			_c2003
490			_aEstates Gazette _v(0342) 18 October 2003, 125 (1)
520			_aAll Housing Act tenancies, whether fixed-term or periodic, are now automatically assured shorthold tenancies. Landlords can regain possession simply by giving two months' notice rather than proving a statutory ground for possession. The recent CA decision "McDonald and another v Fernandez and another" ([2003] EWCA 1219 Civ, Abs67273) demonstrates that statutory notice requirements under the Housing Act 1988 s21(4) are not entirely straightforward. Statutory notice requirements affecting assured shorthold tenancies differ for fixed-term and periodic tenancies. Where the tenancy is periodic, the notice must state a date after which possession will be required and that date must be the last date of a period of a tenancy and at least two months after the giving of the notice. The landlord's contention that the principle expressed in "Mannai Investment Co Ltd v Eagle Star Life Assurance Co Ltd UK",(HL, Abs57166) that it would not have misled a reasonable recipient, made the notice valid still, was rejected.
590			_aABS
650			_aPOSSESSION ORDERS
650			_aHOUSING ACT 1988 S21(4)
650			_aMANNAI INVESTMENT CO LTD V EAGLE STAR LIFE ASSURANCE CO LTD UK
650			_aMCDONALD AND ANOTHER V FERNANDEZ AND ANOTHER
650			_aSTATUTORY PERIODIC TENANCIES
650			_aASSURED SHORTHOLD TENANCIES
650			_aNOTICES
650			_aNOTICE TO QUIT
690			_aLANDLORD AND TENANT-RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES-CASE LAW
942			_n0
999			_c73854 _d73854