The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

Claim for compensation in respect of improvement

Rule 4—(1) A claim under section 1 of the Act of 1927 for compensation in respect of any improvement, and a claim by a mesne landlord under section 8 of that Act, must be a written claim, signed by the claimant or his solicitor or agent, containing—

(a) a statement of the name and address of the claimant and of the landlord against whom the claim is made,

(b) a description of the holding in respect of which the claim is made and of the trade or business carried on there,

(c) a concise statement of the nature of the claim,

(d) particulars of the improvement, including the date when it was completed and the cost thereof, and

(e) a statement of the amount claimed.

(2) Where any document relating to any proposed improvement, or to any claim, is sent to or served on a mesne landlord in pursuance of Part I of the Act of 1927, he must forthwith serve on his immediate superior landlord a copy of the document, together with a notice in writing stating the date on which he received the document, and if the last-mentioned landlord is himself a mesne landlord he must accordingly comply with this paragraph.

(1)

1927 c. 36; section 1 was amended by the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (c. 56), section 47(5). Section 8 was amended by the 1954 Act, sections 45, 68(1) and schedule 7.

(2)

1954 c. 56.

(3)

1987 c. 31.