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Landlord and tenant 19900716 TZHC Dar es Salaam

19900716 TZHC Dar es Salaam

The Court of Appeal restored the Housing Appeals Tribunal’s decision, holding that repossession could not be ordered without showing reasonably equivalent alternative accommodation.

  • Vacant possession
  • Alternative accommodation
  • Non-payment of rent
  • Subletting
  • Hardship assessment
  • Landlord-and-tenant
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Landlord and tenant 19900716 TZCA Dar es Salaam2

19900716 TZCA Dar es Salaam2

The Court of Appeal allowed a landlord-and-tenant appeal, holding the High Court had applied the wrong test and failed to assess reasonably equivalent alternative accommodation.

  • Vacant possession
  • Alternative accommodation
  • Rent arrears
  • Subletting
  • Hardship
  • Appellate review
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Civil procedure 19890209 TZHC Dar es Salaam

19890209 TZHC Dar es Salaam

The High Court granted leave to appeal only on whether alternative accommodation was reasonably equivalent, but refused a stay of execution pending appeal.

  • Leave to appeal
  • Stay of execution
  • Alternative accommodation
  • Eviction
  • Leave-to-appeal
  • Stay-of-execution
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Landlord and tenant 19890131 TZHC Dar es Salaam

19890131 TZHC Dar es Salaam

The High Court restored an eviction order, holding that the landlord reasonably needed the premises and had offered alternative accommodation the tenant refused.

  • Eviction
  • Alternative accommodation
  • Rent restriction
  • Alternative-accommodation
  • Rent-restriction
  • Landlord-and-tenant
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Landlord and tenant 19890131 TZHC Dar es Salaam2

19890131 TZHC Dar es Salaam2

The High Court restored a Regional Housing Tribunal eviction order, finding the landlord reasonably needed the premises and had offered alternative accommodation.

  • Eviction
  • Alternative accommodation
  • Reasonable requirement
  • Appeal procedure
  • Alternative-accommodation
  • Landlord-and-tenant
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Landlord and tenant 19860227 TZCA Dar es Salaam

19860227 TZCA Dar es Salaam

The Court of Appeal held that a month-to-month contractual tenant needed a notice to quit before eviction proceedings, and dismissed the landlord’s appeal.

  • Notice to quit
  • Contractual tenancy
  • Statutory tenancy
  • Alternative accommodation
  • Eviction
  • Notice-to-quit
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Civil procedure 19850425 TZHC Dar es Salaam

19850425 TZHC Dar es Salaam

The High Court allowed an appeal from an ex-parte eviction judgment, set aside the decree, and remitted the case for rehearing on vacant possession and alternative accommodation.

  • Ex-parte judgment
  • Eviction
  • Rent arrears
  • Alternative accommodation
  • Natural justice
  • Ex-parte-judgment
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Landlord and tenant law 19841023 TZHC Dar es Salaam

19841023 TZHC Dar es Salaam

The High Court of Tanzania allowed a tenant’s appeal, set aside an eviction order, and held the lower court misdirected itself under the Rent Restriction Act.

  • Eviction
  • Rent restriction
  • Alternative accommodation
  • Possession orders
  • Landlord-and-tenant
  • Rent-restriction-act
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Landlord-tenant 19840828 TZHC Dar es Salaam

19840828 TZHC Dar es Salaam

The High Court allowed a tenant’s appeal, holding that vacant possession could not be granted without concrete evidence that alternative accommodation was available.

  • Vacant possession
  • Alternative accommodation
  • Rent restriction act
  • Vacant-possession
  • Alternative-accommodation
  • Rent-restriction-act
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