Landlord and Tenant Law: Past, Present and Future

Half Title Page......Page 2
Title Page......Page 4
Title verso......Page 5
Foreword......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Notes on Contributors......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
Table of Cases......Page 24
Table of Statutes......Page 32
1. Landlord and Tenant......Page 46
FORM AND SUBSTANCE......Page 47
ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES......Page 49
TERMINATION OF TENANCIES......Page 52
BUSINESS TENANCIES......Page 53
AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS......Page 56
RESIDENTIAL LETTINGS......Page 57
LEASEHOLD REFORM......Page 58
LITERATURE......Page 62
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS......Page 63
INTRODUCTION......Page 64
PART B: STREET V MOUNTFORD AND EXPRESS AGREEMENTS......Page 76
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 83
INTRODUCTION......Page 86
UNDERSTANDING JUDICIAL DECISIONS......Page 87
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE TWO SECTORS......Page 89
STATUS OF OCCUPIERS......Page 94
CONCLUSIONS......Page 105
INTRODUCTION......Page 110
BUSINESS TENANCIES: LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT 1954 PART II......Page 113
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSIGNABILITY......Page 117
STATE AND CONDITION OF PROPERTY......Page 121
TERMINATION OF TENANCIES......Page 123
TRADITIONAL INFLUENCES ON THE SHAPE OF COMMERCIAL LEASES......Page 128
THE CHANGING FACE OF COMMERCIAL LEASES......Page 138
FUTURE DIRECTIONS......Page 144
CONCLUSIONS......Page 153
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS: THE 19TH CENTURY......Page 156
19TH CENTURY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY......Page 157
19TH CENTURY AGRICULTURAL LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW......Page 158
THE AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS (ENGLAND) ACT 1875 AND ITS SUCCESSORS......Page 159
THE 20TH CENTURY: POLITICS AND ECONOMICS (THE FIRST 50 YEARS)......Page 161
THE 20TH CENTURY: POLITICS AND THE LAW: 1947–48......Page 162
POST-1948......Page 165
1976–95......Page 166
THE AGRICULTURAL TENANCIES ACT 1995......Page 167
REFORM OF THE CURRENT LAW......Page 169
AGRICULTURAL POLITICS AND ECONOMICS: THE 21ST CENTURY......Page 170
INTRODUCTION......Page 174
THE ONGOING ROLE FOR TENANCIES IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR......Page 178
CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE......Page 183
CONCLUSION......Page 189
INTRODUCTION......Page 192
THE LONG LEASE IN AN URBAN CONTEXT......Page 194
BUILDING LEASES ATTACKED......Page 198
THE CAMPAIGN REVIVED......Page 202
REFORM AT LAST......Page 204
LONG LEASES OF FLATS......Page 205
9. Long Residential Leases: Future Directions......Page 216
WHAT PRINCIPLES SHOULD GUIDE THE FUTURE DIRECTION?......Page 217
WHAT SHOULD THE FUTURE DIRECTION BE?......Page 225
WHAT IS THE FUTURE DIRECTION LIKELY TO BE?......Page 234
PRELIMINARY POINTS......Page 236
PHASE 1: 1964–77......Page 237
PHASE 2: 1977–88......Page 242
PHASE 3: 1988–THE PRESENT......Page 247
HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 253
REFORM OF THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW......Page 258
THE LAW COMMISSION’S PROJECTS......Page 259
SUBSTANTIVE LAW REFORM......Page 260
THE PRACTICE OF HOUSING LAW......Page 270
PROMOTING BEST PRACTICE......Page 275
CONCLUSION......Page 276
INTRODUCTION......Page 278
RESIDENTIAL TENANCY LAWS—THE HISTORICAL ANDSOCIAL CONTEXT......Page 279
TRENDS IN AUSTRALIAN RESIDENTIAL TENANCY LAWS......Page 284
A NEW PROBLEM—RESIDENTIAL TENANCY DATABASES......Page 297
CONCLUSION—RECOGNISING A RIGHT TO HOUSING......Page 299
INTRODUCTION......Page 302
BEFORE THE CUSP......Page 304
THE CUSP......Page 312
AFTER THE CUSP......Page 316
CONCLUSION......Page 320
Index......Page 322