1933-10-26 — Page 17

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FLOOD OF RENT LITIGATION

AMBIGUITIES IN NEW, ACT

که با نوزاد

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LANDLORDS IN Shangh

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PASSED TWO SIGNALS

AT DANGER

EXPRESS DRIVERS.

BLAMED

A collision between an express 7.83 and a mineral train near Amber- 20 gate, Derbyshire; last June is ad- judged to be due to the express

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37% pausing signals at "Danger" while 640 travelling at 50 to 60 miles an 22.74 hour,

1/5

That is the conclusion of Gol. 103 A. C. Tronch, who held the Inquiry 1/8.1/64 for the Ministry of Transport.

1/216 The express had two engines, 86 and the drivers of both wera killed. 4.86 18.1/10

IMPERFECT VISIBILITY, 18.8/10 1014

-British Wireless.

Lawyers are expecting to reap a Prague.. rich harvest of litigation from the Madrid Rent Restriction (Amendment) Bucharest Act, under which one important Brussels

Hongkong class of house, is now "decon- Stockholm trolled."

Lisbon Export scrutiny has found so Bombay.... many ambiguities and uncertain Yekehama cles in the Act that a large amount Montevideo of consultativo work is inevitable, Montreal ........ while a number of points of far Silver (spot)...18.1/10 reaching, importance both to land- Silver (forward), 18.8/10

ords and tenants can only be War Loan....101.19/16

After stating that the two finally settled in. Court.. Among

drivers of the express word the uncertain or legally arguable

responsible for passing the signals, points which are at present receiv- The view of the Ministry, with Col. Trench added: "In view of ing attention are the following: which we conour, Jo that both re- the drizzle, conditions of visibility The position of thousands of coverable rent and rateable value were not perfect but they were small shop-owners throughout the should be above the prescribed hardly such as to afford an ax- country, the rental valus of whose limits in each case. But we know planation of these signals having premises is less than £45 in Lon-of many solicitors who take the been missed.” - don and £85 elsewhore. Such opposite view and have expressed It was possible that the home tenants may or may not be entitled their intention of proceeding to signal lever was pulled early under the new Act to componen-Court.

enough and far enough to give a tion in respect of "goodwill." "Since the recoverable rent is misleading Impression to the The procedure to be adopted by in most casce far above the rate- drivers. That would give A landlords who, being required to able value this is a point of wide partial explanation of the necident, produce figures for the rent pay-importance. As regards the ques but it would not justify the pass- able on their property on August tion of whether recoverable renting of the inner home and the con 4, 1914, are unable to do so and means the rent which the land-spicuous starting signal at danger,

The meaning of the phrase "re-lord is actually charging or the and it appeared certain that both coverable rent," which is one of rent which he is entitled to charge of these signals displayed a dan- the bases of classifying property under the Rent Restriction Acts it ger aspect continuously, for the purpose of the Act.

is our view that only the rent] "Signalman Kenny," continued Col. Trench, "committed a gravo error of judgment in commencing

We are recolving more in-which he is actually charging can quiries from landlords than even be termed 'recoverable,' *** In 1920," the secretary of the Pro-

LEGAL CRITIC.

J

SHOP OWNERS.

to pull off his home signal when

| party-Owners' Protection ABRO- A barrister who specialises in he could not have been certain cintion informed a Prosa re-Rent Act work stated that there that the express had been brought prosentative. "Even with the was more legal activity in this field nearly to a standstill or had slow- extra staff and facilities now than at any time since 1920, which ed down at all, but on the evidence nilable, we are unable to cope he characterised na hitherto the available it would not be fair to with all the work.

peak period of rent control litiga- conclude that his action had any tlon.

direct bearing on the accident.” Not only was the right to com-i Col. Trench states that the 'ac- "No Act over drafted was cal- penantion of statutory tenants cident would have been prevented. culated to lead to so much litiga- under the Landlord and Tenant by a system of automaatle train con- tion. One of the most important Act, 1927, uncertain, he suggested, trol. points is that concerning the posi-but there was doubt as to the lion of shop-owners and business period within such tenants could tenante who are statutory tenants claim a new lease.

applied to untenanted premlaen. under the Landlord and Tenant Act "In my view," he said, "the The view generally held, it ap of 1927. It remains to be decided drafting of the whole sub-section pears, Is that the registration of precisely what rights the new Act of the new Act dealing with claims such houses was not intended, but bus conferred.

under the Landlord and Tenant would be the safest course for land- "There is also a great deal of Act shows imperfect understaning lords to adopt pending a decision. misunderstanding , about the of the meaning of the earlier Act.” No stalement as to whether the phrase 'recoverable rent or rate- A further point on which there house"Is'occupied or not, the able value, which marks the might be doubt was whether the Property Owners' Protection. Asso- | dividing line between the three necessity for registering houses ciation stated, is called for in the

classes of houses under the Act. decontrolled prior to July 18, 1933, § form of registration,

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