Ins and outs of the Act

Article Abstract:

The UK Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 Part II refers to the renewal of leases. It was decided, in a case heard in the Court of Appeal, a electric company should increase the value of rent on land used as a substation to 40 pounds sterling per year, for 14 years. The requirement to review the rent was declared obsolete by the court. The Court of Appeal judged the landlords of land used for a tennis club had the right to decline a new tenancy because they hoped to gain planning permission to develop the land. Several other cases applied to the Act are also discussed.

Appellate courts

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To have and have not

Article Abstract:

The definition of a fixture when applied to UK landlord and tenant legislation rests on the degree of annexation which may alter depending on the object in question. A case found that items brought into a building for trade where deemed to be fixtures. A second case found that a large greenhouse was also considered to be a chattel as it was not fixed to the land but rested on a concrete base. In the House of Lords it was deemed that a wooden bungalow became part of the land because it could not be removed and rebuilt elsewhere.

Interpretation and construction, Fixtures (Law)

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On the mend

Article Abstract:

A case between a landlord and tenant in the UK Court of Appeal found that if the contract contained a covenant which obliges the landlord to keep a premises repaired at all times and if this was not done there was a breach in obligation. A second case dealt with a tenant failure to pay for repairs to a roof ordered by the landlord because they were to costly and alterative methods of repair would cost less. The Court of appeal defined what chattels were fixtures and what were fittings in a dispute between TSB Bank and Botham.

United Kingdom. Court of Appeal

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