LANDLORD AND TENANT – Unit 2
COVENANT – FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION
EXAM NOTES, CASE SUMMARIES AND PRINCIPLES FOR THE REQUIRED CASE LAW.
- Study table for exams provided
- Answer structure for a question
- Exam tips
ABBREVIATION USED MEANING
LL Landlord
T Tenant
CL Common law
Impt Important
Lane V. Cox ([1897] 1 Q. B. 415) - A lessor of premises is not liable to a party injured inside them through their defective condition, unless he
is under a duty to such party to keep them in repair, as where the party is his tenant and the lessor is under an obligation to repair either by
covenant or Act of Parliament
Elder v Auberbach (1949) 2 All ER 692 - The landlord allowed the tenant to use the leased premises as an office, despite knowledge of the
regulation that a local housing authority’s consent had to be obtained if a house was be used for purposes other than residential purposes. The
COVENANT – FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION
EXAM NOTES, CASE SUMMARIES AND PRINCIPLES FOR THE REQUIRED CASE LAW.
- Study table for exams provided
- Answer structure for a question
- Exam tips
ABBREVIATION USED MEANING
LL Landlord
T Tenant
CL Common law
Impt Important
Lane V. Cox ([1897] 1 Q. B. 415) - A lessor of premises is not liable to a party injured inside them through their defective condition, unless he
is under a duty to such party to keep them in repair, as where the party is his tenant and the lessor is under an obligation to repair either by
covenant or Act of Parliament
Elder v Auberbach (1949) 2 All ER 692 - The landlord allowed the tenant to use the leased premises as an office, despite knowledge of the
regulation that a local housing authority’s consent had to be obtained if a house was be used for purposes other than residential purposes. The
