Werrot and Company and Another v African Highland Timber Company and Others
Werrot and Company and Another v African Highland Timber Company and Others (Civil Appeal No. 99 of 1955) [1950] EACA 85 (1 January 1950)
On a true construction of the Increase of Rent (Restriction) Ordinance, it was never intended to destroy subsisting civil rights in connection with business premises when they ceased to be controlled. The expiration or repeal of the Ordinance as to business premises did not extinguish accrued rights or causes of action for recovery of excess rent paid under its provisions. The general rule, as established in Steavenson v. Oliver and affirmed in R. v. Wicks, is that expiration of a temporary statute does not abate rights acquired under it unless the statute expressly provides for such abatemen…
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- Landlord Tenant Disputes
- Rent Control
- Statutory Expiry Effects
- Accrued Civil Rights