When considering whether a payment has been paid by way of rent, the court looks to the explanation or reason for the payment, asking whether the payment is for exclusive use and occupation of the premises. In this case a payment by occupiers in respect of gas and electricity bills was not a payment of rent but rather payment of their part of the expenses of occupation.
Citations:
[1990] 2 EGLR 101
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Vesely v Levy and others CA 27-Apr-2007
The tenant appealed against a finding that her tenancy was a statutory shorthold tenancy following termination of an assured shorthold tenancy, or an assured tenancy. She moved in as a carer for the tenant of the trustee defendants. That arrangement . .
Cited – West Wiltshire District Council v Snelgrove and Snelgrove Admn 17-Mar-1997
The council appealed against the acquittal of the defendants of offences under the 1977 Act. The occupiers were there under an informal temporary tenancy. The owners wished to move back in. The tenants had not left on the day appointed and on the . .
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Landlord and Tenant
Updated: 01 December 2022; Ref: scu.251558