Occupancy in UK Law

  • Stewart and Others v Watts
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 08 Diciembre 2016
    ... ... The written conditions of occupancy, given to the defendant when she took up occupancy and which she signed, stated expressly that residents were licensees and not tenants. In March ... ...
  • Kay v Lambeth City Council; Leeds City Council v Price
    • House of Lords
    • 08 Marzo 2006
  • Hunter v Canary Wharf Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 24 Abril 1997
    ... ... She has a status, a right to live there with her husband and children. I find it absurd to say that her occupancy of the matrimonial home is insufficient to found an action in nuisance. In my opinion she is entitled to the same relief as is her husband, the ... ...
  • Wheat v E. Lacon & Company Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 15 Febrero 1966
    ... ... Generally speaking, liability in such cases is based on occupancy or control, not on ownership. The person responsible for the condition of the premises is he who is in actual possession of them for the time being, ... ...
  • Harrow London Borough Council v Qazi
    • House of Lords
    • 31 Julio 2003
  • Fawcett Properties Ltd v Buckingham County Council
    • House of Lords
    • 26 Octubre 1960
    ... ... I do not desire to anticipate what the decision will be if at some future time any particular occupancy of these cottages is challenged as infringing the conditions. It is sufficient to say that as at present advised I see no reason to think that the ... ...
  • Williams & Glyn's Bank Ltd v Boland
    • House of Lords
    • 19 Junio 1980
  • Westminster City Council v Southern Railway Company
    • House of Lords
    • 20 Mayo 1936
    ... ... Where there is no rival claimant to the occupancy, no difficulty can arise; but in certain cases there may be a rival occupancy in some person who, to some extent, may have occupancy rights over the ... ...
  • Town Investments Ltd v Department of the Environment
    • House of Lords
    • 02 Marzo 1977
    ... ... The facts concerning the actual occupancy of the premises are not in dispute ... 34 The appeal relates to two properties: there were separate underleases in reference to each: one property ... ...
  • Antoniades v Villiers ; AG Securities v Vaughan
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 17 Marzo 1988
    ... ... After a few months, Street sought a declaration that the occupancy was under a licence. The House of Lords, reversing the decision of the Court of Appeal, held that Mountford was a tenant ... 13 ... ...
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