Ryan v Phelan

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1940
• Date: 01 January 1940
• Court: Circuit Court

(Cir. Ct.),

Ryan

and

Phelan

Increase of rent -Amount expended by landlord on improvement or structural alteration of dwelling-house - Expenditure "unnecessary" in whole or in part -"Tenant" - Alterations during predecessor's term.

Upon the tenant of certain premises controlled by the provisions of the Rent Restrictions Acts applying to have the standard rent fixed, the landlord claimed to be entitled to an increase of rent in respect of work constituting an improvement done by him to the premises...