Tenancy
Sir,—ln his reply to my letter, the ■ Attorney-General virtually agrees that no tenant on leasehold ground now has any protection once his lease has expired: but, he says, any disputes could be determined in court. If, since the removal of the Tenancy Act, the landlord does not have to give a reason for ending the tenancy, what defence could the tenant bring forward, even if the Magistrate had the power to rule in his favour which I believe he has not? As Mr Hanan also agrees, any right the tenant had, such as the right to remove his buildings, expires with the lease, so any improvement he makes could actually be a gift to his landlord. These conditions did not exist during the 30-odd years the tenancy Act was in force, whether there was a lease or not.—Yours, etc., H. S. BUTCHER. Stewarts Gully, June 24, 1966.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31097, 28 June 1966, Page 16
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