Wylie on Irish Landlord and Tenant Law

Professor John Wylie is a consultant to A&L Goodbody, attached primarily to the Commercial Property Department. He has an LLB and LLD from Queen's University and an LLM from Harvard University. He was Frank Knox Fellow at Harvard Law School and held a Fulbright Scholarship to the USA during 1966-67. After various teaching posts at Belfast and Cardiff, Prof Wylie held a chair of law at Cardiff from 1979 to 2009, and he has been an Emeritus Professor since then. He has acted as a consultant for many years to the Law Societies in both parts of Ireland. He was also appointed leader of the Department of Justice and Law Reform Commission Joint Project on the reform of land and conveyancing law, which resulted in the enactment of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009. He has led other reform projects for the Law Reform Commission and Northern Ireland Law Commission. He is the leading authority on Irish property law. He is the author of several leading books, including Wylie on Irish Land Law, Irish Landlord and Tenant Acts: Annotations, Commentary and Precedents, and The Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Acts: Annotations and Commentary, and he is co-author of The Law and Taxation of Trusts and Irish Conveyancing Law. All of these titles are published by Bloomsbury Professional.

Chapter 1 Development of the Law
Chapter 2 Nature of the Relation of Landlord and Tenant
Chapter 3 Other Relations
Chapter 4 Categories of Tenancy
Chapter 5 Negotiations, Contracts and Formalities
Chapter 6 Commencement, Date and Parties
Chapter 7 Recitals, Consideration and Words of Demise
Chapter 8 Parcels, Lessee’s Rights and Lessor’s Exceptions and Reservations
Chapter 9 Fixtures and Fittings
Chapter 10 Demise and Reddendum
Chapter 11 Rent Review
Chapter 12 Recovery of Rent
Chapter 13 Outgoings, Taxes and Charges
Chapter 14 Title and Quiet Enjoyment
Chapter 15 Repairs and Maintenance
Chapter 16 Insurance
Chapter 17 Service Charges
Chapter 18 User
Chapter 19 Alterations and Improvements
Chapter 20 Options
Chapter 21 Assignment
Chapter 22 Subletting
Chapter 23 Notice
Chapter 24 Forfeiture
Chapter 25 Surrender and Merger
Chapter 26 Expiry, Disclaimer, Enlargement, Frustration and Repudiation
Chapter 27 Ejectments
Chapter 28 Limitation of Actions
Chapter 29 Dwellings
Chapter 30 New Tenancies
Chapter 31 Reversionary Leases and Acquisition of Fee Simple
Chapter 32 Compensation
Index