Guernsey Judgment 16/2009 - Cotterill v Le Marquand

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Landlord and tenant - appeal from order for eviction from dwelling - Rent Control (Guernsey) Law, 1976 - whether s.14 engaged - tenant's application for rent to be assessed - s.14(1) did not apply to premises which did not have an assessed rent at the date that the eviction proceedings were begun - landlord therefore not prevented from commencing eviction proceedings - Rent Officer's statutory duty to proceed with an assessment notwithstanding the eviction proceedings - appeal dismissed