Hearings
England & Wales
01 Nov 1976 [1978] QB 823; [1977] 2 WLR 843; [1977] 3 All ER 404, CA
Hanson v Church Comrs for England
Additional names
R v London Rent Assessment Committee, Ex parte Hanson
See also
Subject Matter
LANDLORD AND TENANT — Rent restriction — Rent assessment — Fair rent assessed by rent officer — Objection by tenant — Reference to rent assessment committee — Purported withdrawal of objection by tenant — Whether right to withdraw — Whether hearing with knowledge of tenant's belief that withdrawal effective contrary to natural justice — Rent Act 1968, Sch 6, paras 6 (1), 9
[1978] QB 823; [1977] 2 WLR 848
NATURAL JUSTICE — Opportunity to meet charge — Right to be heard — Rent assessment committee — Tenant's objection to fair rent referred to committee — Purported withdrawal of objection by tenant — Committee increasing rent without giving tenant opportunity to be heard — Whether acting unfairly