Connolly v Gleeson

JurisdictionIreland
Judgment Date01 January 1942
Date01 January 1942
CourtHigh Court
Connolly
and
Gleeson

Dwelling-house - Reconstruction of part of premises -Whether reconstruction of part decontrols whole premises - Standard Rent - Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1923 (No. 19 of 1923), s. 3, sub-s. 5.

Where portion of a house, let as a separate dwelling, has been converted into two separate and self-contained tenements and has thereby become decontrolled by virtue of s. 3, sub-s. 5, of the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1923, such decontrol does not affect another portion of the same house which was also let as a separate dwelling, and which therefore remains subject to the provisions of the said Act. Accordingly the occupier of such portion is entitled to have a standard rent fixed. So held by...

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  • Downes v Kennedy
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 1 Enero 1976
    ...which it formed part, into separate and self-contained flats. Held that the dwelling was not controlled by the Act. Connolly v. GleesonIR [1942] I.R. 68 distinguished. ...

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