Subjects:

Landlord and Tenant Law

Contents:

Distress for rent defined

the three stages of levying distress

the landlord's power of sale

tenant remedies

insolvency of the tenant.

This guidebook provides a statement of all the relevant law dealing with the following matters: the pre-requisites for the use of ""distress for rent""; the three stages of levying distress - entry, seizure and impounding; the landlord's power of sale; the remedies available to a tenant where an illegal, irregular or excessive distress has been committed; and the effect of the insolvency of a tenant on the availability of distress for rent.