Agricultural Holdings Act 1986, Part IV – Succession on death – Principal source of livelihood – Suitability – Landlords’ application for consent to operation of Case G notice to quit

Agricultural Holdings Act 1986, Part IV – Succession on death – Principal source of livelihood test – Duty on applicant to prove his eligibility – ibid., s.41 – Time window for application

Agricultural Holdings Act 1986, Part IV (Ss.50 & 53) – Succession on retirement – Principal source of livelihood – Proper date on which seven-year period should be taken as ending – (Obiter) Whether husband’s and wife’s incomes must be pooled in assessing satisfaction of the livelihood test
See also HC [2007] EWHC 1532 (Admin)

Agricultural Holdings Act 1986, Part IV – Succession on retirement – Criterion of suitability

Agricultural Holdings Act 1986, Pt.IV – Succession on death – ibid., s.27 – Application by landlords for consent to operation of Notice to Quit

Agricultural tenancy – Right to occupy – Gift – Proprietary estoppel – Inheritance – Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 s.12 – Will

Agricultural holding—Succession to tenancy—Retirement of tenant—Nominated successor deriving principal source of livelihood from holding for five years “in last seven years” entitled to apply for tenancy—Whether seven-year period ending with retirement notice—Whether successor having to satisfy condition at all times between date of notice and hearing of application for tenancy— Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (c 5), s 50(2)(a)

Succession tenancy – Agricultural Holdings Act 1986, Ss.36(3)(a) & 41(1)(b) – Meaning of “to a material extent”

Succession – Will – Validity – Interpretation –  Codicils – Farming -Letters – Partnerships at will – Scotland – Validity

Tenancy – Contract terms – Duration – Interpretation – Leases – Modern limited duration tenancies – Registration – Scotland – Security of tenure – Successors in title

Landlord and Tenant – Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976 – respondent’s husband employed
in agriculture by appellants’ predecessors in title – husband becoming protected occupier of a
dwelling – husband leaving employment and the dwelling – respondent remaining in dwelling – respondent then granted tenancy of other accommodation by landowners – status of
respondent in original dwelling and (in consequence) her status in subsequent accommodation – Housing Act 1988 section 34.

Succession Tenancy on death – Form TASD111 – Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 – Case G notice to Quit – Sole or principal source of livelihood – No fixed division – Owner Occupied Land

Agricultural Holdings Act 1986, Part IV – Succession on death – S.39(8): suitability – Farming ability, mental condition and financial resources of applicant