7 - Security of tenure

Question 1

what is the 1954 act and what is its purpose?

Answer 1

Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 - protected tenancies do not come to an end on the contractual expiry date unless terminated in accordance with the Act

Question 2

What does it mean when a tenant is ‘holding over’?

Answer 2

Tenant stays in occupation even though term of the lease has come to an end

Question 3

what does it mean if the tenancy is contracted out?

Answer 3

landlord and tenant have agreed to exclude the lease from protection of the 1954 act prior to the grant of the lease

Question 4

CED

Answer 4

Contractual Expiry Date - the date the lease ends

Question 5

STD

Answer 5

Specified Termination Date - landlord must include a STD in s.25 notice to terminate/take possession

Question 6

PCD

Answer 6

Proposed Commencement Date - tenant must include a PCD in s.26 request for a new lease

Question 7

What is a hostile s.25 notice?

Answer 7

Landlord will oppose the tenant’s application for a new tenancy

Question 8

What is a friendly s.25 notice?

Answer 8

Landlord will NOT oppose the tenant’s application for a new tenancy

Question 9

what is a s.26 request?

Answer 9

Tenant requesting a new lease

Question 10

what is a s.25 notice?

Answer 10

Landlord serving a notice to terminate the lease or take possession

Question 11

what is a s.27 notice?

Answer 11

Tenant serving a notice to terminate the lease without a renewal.