Bennett v Meade

JurisdictionIreland
Judgment Date01 January 1939
Date01 January 1939
CourtCircuit Court
(Cir. Ct.),
Bennett
Applicant
and Meade
Respondent

Application to have standard rent fixed for dwelling-house - Part of dwelling-house decontrolled - Decontrol of part does not affect the control of the whole -Dwelling-house in respect of which application is made is the only dwelling-house control of which is to be considered by the Court - Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1926 (No. 24 of 1926), s. 5 (1), s. 5 (2).

Where part of a dwelling-house to which the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts apply was lawfully sublet and the landlord came into possession of the part not sub-let, the de-control of the part not sub-let by virtue of s. 5 (2) of the 1926 Act does not prevent a standard rent being fixed for the entire dwelling-house on the application of a person who has become tenant of the entire dwelling-house. In considering whether or not a...

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