The landlord, not finding his tenant at home, served a notice to quit by pushing it under the door of a house occupied by the tenant. The tenant claimed that the notice had disappeared below the linoleum, and had not been found for some considerable time, and that therefore he had not been served.
Held: The service was valid. The landlord need serve the notice only, by a means which a reasonable person minded to bring the document to the attention of the person to be served would adopt.
Citations:
[1974] 3 WLR 52, [1974] 3 All ER 17
Statutes:
Agricultural Holdings Act 1948 92(1)
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Landlord and Tenant
Updated: 07 December 2022; Ref: scu.223119