The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[1977] AC 59
[HOUSE OF LORDS]
FARRELL AND ANOTHER APPELLANTS AND ALEXANDER RESPONDENT
1976 April 27,
28,
29;
May 3;
June 24
May 3;
June 24
Lord Wilberforce, Viscount Dilhorne, Lord Simon of Glaisdale, Lord Edmund-Davies and Lord Russell of Killowen
Landlord and Tenant
— Rent restriction
— Premium
— Proposed agreement to assign protected tenancy for sum to include fixtures and fittings
— Landlord accepting surrender of old lease by outgoing tenant and granting new lease to incoming tenants
— Sum paid by new tenants to original tenant for fittings in excess of value
— Whether excess recoverable
—
Rent Act 1968 (c. 23), ss. 85, 88, 90 (1)
[1]
Statute
— Construction
— Prior enactments
— Consideration of legislative antecedents
— Unnecessary when wording clear
— “Any person”
— Whether wider meaning attributable to words
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Rent Act 1968, s. 85 (1)