Consultation Paper on the General Law of the Landlord and Tenant

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E Landlord’s Identity and Agent ......................................................................107F Return of Deposit...........................................................................................108G Registration of Tenancies..............................................................................108CHAPTER 7TENANT’S OBLIGATIONS..................................................109CHAPTER 8 RENT AND OTHER PAYMENTS .......................................111A Obligation to Pay Rent ..................................................................................111B Apportionment...............................................................................................113C Rent Review...................................................................................................116D Recovery of Rent...........................................................................................118E Action for rent................................................................................................118F Set-off ............................................................................................................119G Distress...........................................................................................................121H Ejectment for Non-payment of Rent.............................................................122I Other Payments..............................................................................................123CHAPTER 9SERVICE CHARGES.............................................................125CHAPTER 10 REPAIRS ..................................................................................129A Law of Waste.................................................................................................129B Repairing Obligations....................................................................................131C Enforcement of Obligations ..........................................................................134CHAPTER 11INSURANCE............................................................................141A Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Act 1967 ...........................................141B Deasy’s Act ....................................................................................................142C Other Legislation ...........................................................................................144CHAPTER 12 DETERMINATION OF TENANCIES .................................147ABCDSurrender........................................................................................................150Disclaimer......................................................................................................150Enlargement...................................................................................................153Frustration......................................................................................................155CHAPTER 13 NOTICE ....................................................................................157A Agricultural Tenancies ..................................................................................158B Residential Tenancies....................................................................................158C Business and Mixed Use Tenancies..............................................................159D Sub-Tenants ...................................................................................................161CHAPTER 14 FORFEITURE .........................................................................165A Statutory Restrictions ....................................................................................165B The Right of Forfeiture..................................................................................167C Procedure .......................................................................................................168D Effecting the Forfeiture .................................................................................172viii
EFRelief against Forfeiture................................................................................175Consequences of Forfeiture...........................................................................178CHAPTER 15EJECTMENT...........................................................................179A Restrictions ....................................................................................................179B Forms of Ejectment .......................................................................................180C Non-Payment of Rent ....................................................................................180D Deserted Premises..........................................................................................181E Cottier Tenancies...........................................................................................182F On the Title ....................................................................................................183G Overholding ...................................................................................................184H Procedural Matters.........................................................................................185CHAPTER 16 LIMITATION OF ACTIONS ................................................187CHAPTER 17NEW LEGISLATION.............................................................189CHAPTER 18 SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS ...........................191APPENDIXLIST OF LAW REFORM COMMISSION PUBLICATIONS209ix
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Page 10: INTRODUCTION1. This is the second <
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Page 56 and 57: E Surrenders2.21 Section 7 of Deasy
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premises, the alternative of a new
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espect to the part not surrendered.
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CHAPTER 3SUCCESSORS IN TITLE3.01 Th
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section 10 of the Conveyancing Act
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prescribe that a particular tenant
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not clear how far statute law has c
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was not resolved until the enactmen
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the doctrine of estoppel. 57 On the
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eferred to as a severance of the in
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need to have statutory provisions t
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the premises occupied by the sub-te
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CHAPTER 4FIXTURES4.01 The law of
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tenant. Often an item installed in
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A Common Law4.09 Originally at comm
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parties’ agreement. Furthermore,
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fixtures. Given that this is subjec
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(viii) it should also be made clear
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(2) consumer protection; (3) defaul
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subject was discussed in the <stron
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already covered by modern legislati
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CHAPTER 6LANDLORD’S OBLIGATIONS6.
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for sale. 14 This matter is again o
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may not be a point of much substanc
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how far the Irish courts will follo
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6.13 To some extent the very limite
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of the Residential Tenancies Bill 2
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6.19 It was mentioned earlier that
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E Landlord’s Identity and Agent6.
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CHAPTER 7TENANT’S OBLIGATIONS7.01
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CHAPTER 8RENT AND OTHER PAYMENTS8.0
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8.04 Section 42 of Deasy’s Act do
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until the last gale day of the curr
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one. 33 Disputes as to the new rent
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overholding. 47 The Commission prov
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on the landlord’s breach of repai
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Notwithstanding use of the title
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CHAPTER 9SERVICE CHARGES9.01 It has
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in service charges, so as to ensure
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namely permissive, voluntary, ameli
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section 42 implied obligation shoul
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sensible provisions, which are usua
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against “unreasonable withholding
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obligations by the landlord, 50 is
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(e)(f)(g)Should the remedy apply to
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provisionally recommends that the p
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whether, in the absence of an expre
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(e)(f)Tenant to be liable for incre
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12.03 Merger is a doctrine of gener
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eiterates the recommendation of leg
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should be any distinction as to the
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12.11 There is one further, somewha
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CHAPTER 13NOTICE13.01 Service of a
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comprehensive and exhaustive, in th
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D Sub-Tenants13.08 It may be conven
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13.11 As indicated in the recommend
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very small rent. The Residential Te
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obligation by any tenant unless exc
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y one joint tenant is sufficient to
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“reasonable time” may vary from
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ent and other payments may be accum
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obtainable from the court in which
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mortgage it should have power to de
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a tenancy of a dwelling could not b
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seems to have fallen into disuse. 1
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is sufficient. 32 It is questionabl
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CHAPTER 16LIMITATION OF ACTIONS16.0
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1707 Administration of Justice Act
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the occupier of the land in questio
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set of statutory provisions governi
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comprehensively with part assignmen
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(ii) take the form of a scheme of
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y the landlord thereby making it cl
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Chapter 11 Insurance18.73 The Commi
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18.82 The Commission recommends tha
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the original sub-tenancy or mortgag
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APPENDIXLIST OF LAW REFORM COMMISSI
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Working Paper No 1
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Report on the Liability in Tort ofM
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Eleventh (Annual) Report (1989) (Pl
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Report on Occupiers’ Liability (L
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Report on Privacy: Surveillance and
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