The tenant brought an action under section 12 on the term, saying the property was not fit for human habitation.
Held: Lord Coleridge CJ said: ‘It is admitted that the ceilings were in a dangerous condition, and therefore that the rooms were not, speaking in a broad sense, fit for human habitation.’
Judges:
Lord Coleridge CJ
Citations:
(1889) 23 QBD 458
Statutes:
Housing of the Working Classes Act 1885 12
Cited by:
Cited – Hussain v Mehlman CC 5-Mar-1992
(County Court) The defendant landlord granted the plaintiff a three year assured shorthold tenancy. He now appealed a finding that he was in breach of an implied covenant to maintain the space heating, and otherwise. The tenant had returned the . .
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Landlord and Tenant
Updated: 14 May 2022; Ref: scu.258844
