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.