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Landlord & tenant

22 July 2016
Issue: 7708 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Edwards v Kumarasamy [2016] UKSC 40, [2016] All ER (D) 54 (Jul)

The Supreme Court held that although the landlord, K, had a sufficient “interest” in the front hallway and paved area of the rented flat for the purposes of s 11(1A)(a) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, K was not liable for the disrepair which had caused the tenant’s, E’s, injury, as; (i) he could only be liable if the paved area of the property had been part of the exterior of the front hall and it had not been and: (ii) he could only be liable if he had had notice of the disrepair before the accident which he had not had.

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