BASSIL vs. SAID RAAD & SONS

Contract-Quasi-estoppel-Landlord and tenant-Agreement for reduction in rent. Landlord and Tenant-Statutory tenancy-Recovery of possession by landlord -Breach of covenant by tenant not exposing him to forfeiture-Whether any right to recover possession-Rent Control Ordinance, c. 2 of 1952, s. 11 (1) (a). Landlord and Tenant-Breach of covenant by tenant-Effect of subsequent acceptance of rent. The plaintiff had entered into a tenancy agreement with the defendant for a period of five years from April 1, 1950, and at a monthly rental of £55. From January 1, 1953, the plaintiff had accepted rent at the rate of £45 a month. He claimed that this was a temporary concession to the defendant who remained liable for the balance: the defendant claimed that the reduction had been a complete and permanent one and had been prompted in the plaintiff by the fear that if he did not reduce the rent voluntarily the Rent Assessment Committee would do so compul¬sorily. The plaintiff sought, inter alia,...