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Residential Tenancies

This section of the site contains material on landlord and tenant law that is specific to residential occupation of premises (including boats and mobile homes).

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Licences

Alms house Tenancy or licence Watts v Stewart [2016] EWCA Civ 1247 Summary The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against an order for possession brought by the occupant of an almshouse on grounds including that she occupied under a periodic tenancy, which had not...

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Right to buy

Council delays purchase transaction Sums to be credited to premium payable - housing benefit counts as rent Hanoman v London Borough of Southwark [2009] UKHL 29 Summary Housing benefit amounted to payment by a tenant to the landlord for the purposes of s153A and B of...

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