An owner of a park for mobile homes increased the rent to allow for loss of profits after the home owners began to buy their liquid gas from other sources. He showed that profits from such sales were part of the normal profit structure of such parks and factored into the rents.
Held: The site owner’s appeal succeeded. The company had properly increased the rent to reflect the change.
Judges:
Simon Brown LJ, Rattee J
Citations:
Gazette 27-Jun-1999, [1999] EWCA Civ 1568
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Appeal from – Howard and others v Kinvena Homes Limited CA 19-Mar-1999
Application for leave to appeal – granted. . .
Cited – Stroud v Weir Associates CA 1987
The court was asked to set pitch fees on a registered mobile home site. The site owner had sought to rely upon the fact of the order which cut from 15 per cent to 10 per cent the maximum commission chargeable by a site owner on an occupier’s . .
Cited – Walker v Badcock CA 24-Jun-1997
The tenants on a registered mobile home site appealed a decision that they shoud contribute to the expenses of lopping trees at the edge of the site by including it in the pitch fee. The site owner said that it had been carried out for the benefit . .
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Landlord and Tenant
Updated: 21 January 2023; Ref: scu.81500