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Jetha v Chhagan and Others (Civil Appeal No. 38 of 1955) [1955] EACA 312 (1 January 1955)
The Court of Appeal held that a building erected under a building lease became part of the tenancy, and the dispute fell within Tanganyika rent restriction law.
Damji (Civil Appeal No, 34 of 1951) [1952] EACA 22 (1 January 1952)
The court held that the wording of section 1(2)(b) of the Increase of Rent (Restriction) Ordinance, 1949, is not wide enough to include premises that have merely been reconstructed or altered, as opposed to newly erected. The conversion of two rooms from residential to business use, involving structural changes such as new doors, canopy, and shelves, did not amount to the 'erection' of business premises commenced after 1st January, 1949. The legislative intent was to encourage the building of new business premises, not to decontrol existing premises subject to rent restriction through mere co…
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Ali v Champion Shoe Company (Civil Appeal No. 26 of 1948) [1949] EACA 4 (1 January 1949)
The Court of Appeal held that a shared shop space without a permanent structural partition was not separate business premises protected by rent restrictions.
