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Occupation Types

Assured Tenancies

Houses
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Filed Under: Occupation Types, Post Renters Rights Act Tagged With: Assured Shorthold tenancies, Assured tenancies, England only, RRA-Occupation-Types-Topic, Tenancy Types

What is Rent to Rent?

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Filed Under: Occupation Types, Post Renters Rights Act Tagged With: fraud, rent to rent, RRA-Occupation-Types-Topic

What are the main types of tenancy?

Houses
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Filed Under: Occupation Types, Post Renters Rights Act Tagged With: Assured Shorthold tenancies, Assured tenancies, England only, General Legal, Preliminary matters, Protected tenancies, RRA-Occupation-Types-Topic, Tenancy Types

What are the differences between fixed term and periodic tenancies in England?

Comparisoin
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Filed Under: Occupation Types, Post Renters Rights Act Tagged With: England only, Fixed terms, Periodic tenancy, RRA-Occupation-Types-Topic, tenancy term

What is a periodic tenancy?

house
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Filed Under: Occupation Types, Post Renters Rights Act Tagged With: England only, Periodic tenancy, RRA-Occupation-Types-Topic, tenancy term

Longer lets – what is the significance of giving a tenant a fixed term of more than three years?

Tenancy Agreement
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Filed Under: Occupation Types, Post Renters Rights Act Tagged With: England only, Fixed terms, Long leases, RRA-Occupation-Types-Topic, tenancy term

What is different about common law tenancies?

flats
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Filed Under: Occupation Types, Post Renters Rights Act Tagged With: Common Law Tenancy, England only, RRA-Occupation-Types-Topic

I let out a self contained flat in the building where I live. What tenancy type is this?

Houses
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Filed Under: Occupation Types, Post Renters Rights Act Tagged With: Common Law Tenancy, England only, RRA-Occupation-Types-Topic

Gray and others v Taylor [1998]

High Court
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: occ

Can a ‘rent to rent’ tenant claim mandatory renewal of their tenancy?

Houses
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Filed Under: Ending Tenancies, Occupation Types Tagged With: ending tenancies, rent to rent

Bagettes Ltd v GP Estates Co Ltd [1956]

High Court
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Filed Under: Ending Tenancies, Occupation Types Tagged With: Long leases, rent to rent, Subletting

Is assignment of a tenancy when the tenants change a good idea?

Signature
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Filed Under: Ending Tenancies, Occupation Types, Shared Properties & HMOs, Tenancy Agreements Tagged With: assignment, England only

How many people can you have on a joint tenancy agreement?

Joint tenants
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: England only, Joint tenants

What is Ground Rent?

Flats
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments, Occupation Types Tagged With: Long leases, Rent

Why you still need to watch out for protected tenancies

House

Despite the fact that none have been created since January 1989, there are still quite a few around …

Filed Under: New Content On The Site, Occupation Types Tagged With: Protected tenancies

What are the differences between joint and several tenancies and renting individual rooms in a shared house?

What is the difference?
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Filed Under: Occupation Types, Shared Properties & HMOs, Tenancy Agreements Tagged With: Council tax, England only, Joint tenants, RRA-Occupation-Types-Topic, RRA-Shared-Properties-HMOs-Topic, shared property comparision faq, Tenancy Agreements

Common Law Tenancies Content

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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Common Law Tenancy

Amoah v. Barking and Dagenham LBC

High Court
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Filed Under: Ending Tenancies, Occupation Types Tagged With: Implied Surrender, prison

Student lettings, information for landlords

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Filed Under: Occupation Types, Post Renters Rights Act Tagged With: HMO Rules, RRA-Occupation-Types-Topic, Student lettings, Tenancy Types

Legal Cases – Occupation Types

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Filed Under: Index Page, Occupation Types Tagged With: Index page

FAQ – Occupation Types

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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Index page

Walker v Birmingham City Council [2006]

High Court
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Death, Succession rules

Uratemp Ventures Ltd v. Collins [2001]

House of Lords
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Dwelling house

Truro Diocesan Board of Finance Ltd -v- Foley – [2008]

High Court
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Protected tenancies

Tan and Another -v- Sitkowski [2007]

High Court
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Business Tenancy, Protected tenancies

Sumeghova -v- McMahon – [2002]

High Court
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Eviction

Secretarial & Nominee Co Ltd -v- Thomas and others [2005]

High Court
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Protected tenancies

Regina -v- Rent Officer of Nottinghamshire Registration Area, ex parte Allen [1985]

House of Lords
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Caravan, Rent v Officer of Nottinghamshire, Residential license

Nutting -v- Southern Housing Group Ltd, [2004]

High Court
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Succession rules

Lynch v Kirby – [2010]

High Court
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Assured tenancies

Huwyler v Ruddy [1996]

High Court
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Protected tenancies, Residential license

Ghaidan v Godin-Mendoza [2004]

House of Lords
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Succession rules

Fitzpatrick v. Sterling Housing Association Ltd [1999]

House of Lords
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Succession rules

What is joint and several liability?

Joint and several tenants
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Filed Under: Occupation Types, Shared Properties & HMOs, Tenancy Agreements Tagged With: Definition, Joint tenants

Leeds City Council v Broadley [2016]

High Court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments, Occupation Types Tagged With: Council tax, Periodic tenancy

My tenants have asked if I can amend the agreement to allow them to run a business at the property – is that all right?

Home Business
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Filed Under: Occupation Types, Tenancy Agreements Tagged With: Business Tenancy, England only, Home Business

Is there any difference between furnished and unfurnished lets?

Furniture
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Furniture, Tax

If a tenant stays a long time at a property will he gain any additional rights and/or be able to claim ownership?

Older tenant
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Tenant's rights

Can you give a tenancy to someone who is under 18?

Baby
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: children, England only, Minors - persons under 18

Mew and Another -v- Tristmire Ltd [2011]

High Court
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Accommodation on boats

Can there be a tenancy of a boat (e.g. a houseboat)?

Houseboat
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Accommodation on boats, Residential license

Clore v. Macnicol, [2004]

High Court
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Succession rules

Chelsea Yacht and Boat Club Ltd -v- Pope [2000]

High Court
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Broadway Investments Hackney Ltd -v- Grant [2006]

High Court
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Business Tenancy

Brillouet -v- Landless [1996]

High Court
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Residential license

Andrews and Another -v- Cunningham – [2007]

High Court
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Assured tenancies, Rent book, Tenancy Types

What about company lets?

House
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Filed Under: Occupation Types, Tenancy Agreements Tagged With: Common Law Tenancy, Company Lets

What about common law tenancy agreements?

Tenancy agreement
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Filed Under: Occupation Types, Tenancy Agreements Tagged With: Common Law Tenancy, England only

Common Law Tenancies

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Protected Tenancies under the Rent Act 1977

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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Fair Rent, Protected tenancies, Renters Rights Act Checked, Succession rules, Tenancy Types

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