BCC 496/2007

This case involved a request to evict a tenant on the expiry of a tenancy agreement. The tenant argued they had agreed to renew the tenancy but the landlord had not responded. The agreement was covered by Islamic law and the tenant had not agreed to renew the tenancy within the necessary time limit.

Background

A landlord filed a case against a tenant before the court requesting the tenant to vacate a rented property. The landlord said that the tenant had rented the property for five years to use as a private school and he gave notice to the tenant that he would not renew the tenancy agreement but the tenant failed to vacate the property.

The court ruled that the tenant should vacate the property.

Decision

The tenant appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court upheld the appealed ruling.