Found inside – Page 411( 3 ) For the purposes of this section , where premises comprised in a tenancy ( whether occupied under that tenancy or ... of a tenancy shall be treated as imposed by the tenancy , and " tenancy " includes a statutory tenancy which does not in ... Found inside – Page 786“Leasehold” means a tenants possessory estate in land or premises, the four types ... but subject to statutory restrictions and the articles of the company. Found inside – Page 127Furniture Workshops 74 given in 1954 on appeal from the East African Supreme Court ; in this case the original plaintiffs had been claiming ejection of statutory tenants from a building owned by them . The issue of whether or not they had a ... Found inside – Page 264A Critical Selection from the Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on the Diversity of Creativity in Nigeria ... Unlike " demurrer " or " statutory tenant " or " tax deduction " , which are concepts having no meaning except in relation to ... Found inside – Page 10+ Essay II The author's discussion of the judicial construction of the statutory definition of ' Tenant ' revealed the overzealous interpretation of the definition under the statute by the Supreme Court of Nigeria . The so - called literal interpretation ... Found inside – Page 335It was to meet the difficulties of this and other situations that the Kola Tenancies Ordinance No. ... We may remind ourselves in this connexion that certain statutory tenancies have been created under both the Native Lands Acquisition ... Found inside – Page 323None of the Acts contains any provision relating to succession to the statutory tenancy so created but it would appear that on the principle laid down in the Akpiri case , 65 anybody whom the tenant admitted into occupation comes within the ... Found inside – Page 50Something of immediate value which is the concern of msot occupiers of land . " 3 On this view , the statutory tenant may qualify as an owner of property . Also in a very detailed analysis of the nature of a proprietary interest64 , Professor D.C. ... Found inside – Page 312The appellants , who occupied the premises concerned by a member of their staff in actual residential occupation of the residential accommodation were , at the time of the commencement of the proceedings , statutory tenants of the ... Found inside – Page 404In this case , the relationship of the appellants to the respondent was one of statutory tenancy . That is , once they held over the tenancy qua a tenant , of the original tenant , after the expiration of the original tenancy agreement between the 1st ... Found inside – Page 116Nigerian Law of Landlord and Tenant , Ist edition ; by M . O . Onwuamaegbu , B . A . , LL . ... The final chapters of the book are devoted to statutory restrictions on the rights of landlords such as rent control and security of tenure and lastly the ... Found inside – Page 313In conclusion , W. A. C. A. observed : ' In our opinion the appellant stepped into the shoes of the sub - lessor and became what is known as a statutory tenant , holding upon conditions which are not material , and he continued in possession ... Found inside – Page 50Kaduna State (Nigeria). ( 3 ) Where by the terms or conditions governing any tenancy ( including a statutory tenancy ) either the landlord or the tenant is bound though not by contract , to permit persons to enter or use premises of which he is ... Found inside – Page 93The major contrast is that the Nigerian statutes did not provide for computation using comparative rents and service charges payable in the similar properties in the neighbourhood . The best escape for the tenant from the arbitrariness in the ... Found inside – Page 533Position of Statutory Tenants Article 4 of the Regulations No. 59 of 1942 provided that " where a landlord has let , whether before or after the coming into force of those Regulations in respect of the place or area in which premises are situate ... Found inside – Page 394The tenant has not suggested that the tenancy of either the landlord or Ajetunmobi , the mesne tenant , has been determined or come to an end . ... A tenant is entitled on his statutory notice to be given accurate description of the tenancy . Found inside – Page 659... 195 cession and prescription , 195 outside Lagos , 205 - Southern Nigeria , 195 State Lands Act , 5 , 455 Statute de Donis Conditionalibus 1285 , 570 Statute ... Taylor , 572 tenancy - in common , 62 , 116 , 351 - under customary law , 245 . Found inside – Page 119For instance , contractual forms of tenure operate in Nigeria as ordinary , customary and statutory tenancies . In Nigerian customary law , a grant of tenancy is based upon the principle of bilateral agreement between the parties concerned . Found inside – Page 30It is notable in this respect that in the Nigerian context the English Property legislation of 1925 forms the basis of the ... the first four grantees hold the legal estate in the land on a statutory trust for sale for all the grantees as tenants in common in ... Found inside – Page 30Nigerian law even when the tenant leaves the premises and allows the subtenant to continue in possession . ... the defendant has a specific legal relationship with the landlord as this is statutory and not a contractual tenancy that is in issue ... Found inside – Page 56The second and third defendants did not call any evidence and there was no argument as to whether or not they became statutory tenants of the plaintiff . In any case they were duly served with the statutory notices . They were content to stand ... Found inside – Page 17398( 4 ) Where by the terms or conditions governing a tenancy ( including a statutory tenancy which does not in law amount to a tenancy ) either the landlord or the tenant is bound , though not by contract , to permit persons to enter or use premises ... Found inside – Page 372A person who , as occupier of lands subject to the Land and Native Rights Act , permits another to enter upon the land as tenant under a tenancy agreement and who accepts rent therefor , but who fails to obtain the requisite statutory consent ... Found inside – Page 457Hand , Catherine , “ The Statutory Tenancy : An Unrecognised Proprietary Interest ? ” ( 1980 ) The Conveyancer , 351 . Ijaodola , J.O. , “ Alienation of Land in the Northern States of Nigeria ” ( 1974 ) Journal of Islamic and Comparative Law , Vol ... Found inside – Page 366When therefore the contractual tenancy expired , the appellants claimed they were entitled to statutory notice ( under the 1976 Rent Edict ) of the landlord's intention to recover possession before any proceedings for their ejectment from the ... Found insideFarm tenancy in Nigeria. ... Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Affairs of certain Statutory Corporations in Western Nigeria. Found inside – Page 8Coker Commission of Inquiry into the Affairs of Certain Statutory Corporations in Western Nigeria. *** 1 7 i dü il fiuitii NIGERSOL ... We agreed to hire the mills to them on tenancy basis and the three gentlemen concerned are Chief Edukugho ... Found inside – Page 2606obligation to the occupier which the sub - tenancy puts on a mesne landlord of the premises , or is treated by virtue of this ... in virtue of a tenancy shall be treated as imposed by the tenancy , and " tenancy ” includes a statutory tenancy and also ... Found inside – Page 284( 2 ) Under the Act in question , it was unnecessary to establish that the defendant had a specific legal relation with the plaintiff landlord as it was a statutory not a contractual tenancy that was in issue , and this issue would be determined solely ... Found inside – Page 25Instead, the courts say that there is a tenancy at will (or licence) because the parties did not intend to be saddled with all the statutory consequences ... Found inside – Page 71Of those three types of statutes , Nigerian land legislation is the oldest . 3.5 . ... landowners and / or their tenants in the course of acquiring land . Found inside – Page 521However , in recent times , the laws relating to controlled , protected or regulated tenancy intervened to give such a tenant a special tenancy ; hence we find the ' statutory tenant ' being defined – for example as “ a tenant who retains ... Found inside – Page 1024... on ex parte applications LANDLORD & TENANT: Proviso transferred to statutory tenancy CPD : BRIEFING departed from only if ... The applicant was a Nigerian Christian who claimed a well-founded fear of persecution for religious reasons. Found inside – Page 344Tenancies under General Statutory Laws The general law of Nigeria is based on English law on various subjects . Similarly , statutory property and land laws ... Found inside – Page lFORFEITURE , of customary tenancy , 21 N.L.R. 8 lease , 21 N.L.R. 8 action for , by originating summons , 21 N.L.R. 80 ... ( RESTRICTION ) ORDINANCE , applicability to buildings on Crown land , 20 N.L.R. 100 sub - lessee a statutory tenant ... Found inside – Page 2... who had failed to obtain the statutory consent necessary to effectuate a tenancy agreement, could not be heard to plead that the tenancy agreement was ... Found inside – Page 412Subject to the life interest the one-third shall be held on statutory trust for the children ... This rule does not apply in respect of a tenancy of one 19. Found inside – Page 27CONTRACTUAL TENANCIES Labour tenancy Longterm leasehold Landlordismtenancy Share tenancy Cash tenancy Customary tenancy Statutory tenancy Ordinary enancy Fig . 2. Main Forms of Rural Land Tenure - Contractual Contractual ... Found inside – Page 146Since the defendants allege that they have become statutory tenants , the onus shifted on to them : see Mount V. Childs . ... 4 of the Nigeria Defence ( Increase of Rent ) ( Restriction ) Regulations , 1942 , a statutory tenant notwithstanding that ... Found inside – Page 93Nigeria. Supreme Court. Was there any relationship of landlord and tenant between the Board and Mr. Sule after Mr. 5 10 15 Sule's compulsory retirement by Exhibit Q ? It is correct that Exhibit e terminated the contractual relationship between ... Found inside – Page 207Olusola134 when he said : It should be noted that there is no local legislation dealing with a statutory tenant – he is a familiar legal person in England and elsewhere whose term has been ended and whose tenancy has been determined by ... Found inside – Page 196V. lVigerian Airways,49 the Supreme Court regarded Oduye as a statutory tenant of her official quarters even after the determination of her employment. Found inside – Page 106Some terms are also implied in a landlord / tenant relationship . ... While there are no statutory provisions for some of the contracts mentioned above in Nigeria " implied terms contained for example in the Sale of Goods Act 1893 are relevant . Found inside – Page 15One type is the granting of land to a tenant on payment for a fixed period or on a year - to - year basis . This is described as " showing " or " borrowing ” land . Subsequent renewals depend on the mutual agreement of the parties . The second ... 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