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\par At Suva
\par Civil Jurisdiction
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\par CIVIL ACTION NO. 79 OF 1992
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\par Between:
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\par }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 1.}{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4928548\charrsid4928548  }{
\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 CECIL TRAILL
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\par in the Estate of William Traill)
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\par - and -
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\par }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 WAINEWRIGHT HILL
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\par Mr. J. Semisi for the Plaintiffs
\par Defendant in Person
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\par The plaintiff is a joint registered proprietor of a native leasehold situated at }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 Delainavesi}{
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\par On the}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  31st of January 1992}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  the defendant was served with a }{
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\par The defendant in his affidavit in reply contests the legality of the }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4928548 '}{\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 Notice to Quit}{
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No receipts have been produced.
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\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  in rental and then on the}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  2nd of October 1991}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  he paid her a further }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 $1,500}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  making a total of }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 $2,750}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 .}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4928548  }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 
Neither of these matters are deposed to in the defendant's affidavit although they may be said to arise obliquely from his letter }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 annexure }{
\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4928548 '}{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 A'}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 
 to his affidavit of}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  23rd April, 1992}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 .
\par 
\par On the defendant's own reckoning, assuming that his tenancy began in}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  April 1991}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 
, at the rate of }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 $300}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  per month}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  he would have paid 9 months rent}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  (}{
\i\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 i.e}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 . up till the end of December 1991)}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 .}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4928548  }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 At the rate of }
{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 $150}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  per month}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  however the rental would be exhausted at the end of}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  October 1992}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 .}{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 
\par 
\par }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 In this latter regard the defendant's letter suggests that the rental of }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 $300}{
\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  per month}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  was for a}{
\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  }{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4928548 '}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 
fully-furnished flat'}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  and for }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 "the flat without furniture and fittings"}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  rental was to be }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 $150}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 .}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4928548  }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 
Again this is not deposed to in the defendant's affidavit and like the letter has not been answered in the plaintiffs' affidavits.
\par 
\par Be that as it may whatever might be the terms of the defendant's oral tenancy, it is common ground that in}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  February 1992}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  the plaintiffs issued a }{\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 Distress for Rent}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  notice and actually seized and sold some of the defendant's chattels under the said}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  
}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4928548 '}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 notice'}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 .

\par 
\par The details of the distress are not disclosed but if what the defendant claims in his letter of}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  28th January 1992}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 , is correct then one would have expected the}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  }{
\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4928548 '}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 notice'}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 
 to have been the subject matter of a legal challenge or a civil action for the recovery of damages.
\par 
\par Then the defendant refers to }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 Section 89(2)(b)}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  of the }{
\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 Property Law Act}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  (Cap.130)}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  which provides}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4928548 :}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  

\par 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid4928548 {\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 "(2)}{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4928548  }{
\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 
In the absence of express agreement between the parties a tenancy of no fixed duration ... may be terminated by either party giving to the other written notice as follows}{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4928548 :}{
\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  
\par }{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 
\par }\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid4928548 {\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 (b)}{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4928548  }{
\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 Where the rent is payable for a recurring per
iod of less than one year, notice for at least a period equal to one rent period under the tenancy and expiring at any time, ..."}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4928548 {\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 
\par In this regard the defendant deposed that the plaintiff in her affidavit stated that the relevant }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4928548 '}{
\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 Notice to Quit}{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 '}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  dated}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  30th January, 1992}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  terminated the defendant's tenancy on the }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 "... 3rd of February 1992"}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  which effectively gave the defendant}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  }{
\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4928548 '}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 2 days notice'}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  in clear breach of the above provision.
\par 
\par I cannot agree that there has been any breach of the Section.}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4928548  }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 The notice in cl
ear and unequivocal terms granted the defendant }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 "... one month's notice from the date of this letter to vacate the said property"}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  and the fact that the plaintiff may have misunderstood the meaning and effect of the notice does not alter its clear written terms.
\par 
\par In any event the month's notice has long expired and the defendant continues in occupation.
\par 
\par I am satisfied that the plaintiffs }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4928548 '}{\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 Notice to Quit}{
\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 '}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  dated the}{
\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  30th of January 1992}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  was a }{
\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 "legal notice to quit"}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  which effectively terminated the defendant's
 monthly tenancy.
\par 
\par Furthermore the defendant has failed to satisfy me that he has a right to possession of the plaintiffs' land and accordingly there will be an order for vacant possession in favour of the plaintiff with execution stayed for a period of}{
\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  2 weeks}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548  from the date hereof.
\par 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4928548 {\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 (D.V. Fatiaki)
\par }{\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 JUDGE
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4928548 {\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 
\par }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729\charrsid4928548 At Suva,
\par 28th September, 1992.}{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8664729 
\par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1204252 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1204252 HBC0079D.92S}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1204252\charrsid2310090 
\par }}