Macar and Another v. Mohamed Ali – sllr 2004 volume 1 page 393

In the case between Macar and Another (Plaintiff-Appellants) and Mohamed Ali (Defendant-Respondent), the court addressed whether the premises situated at Nos. 207 and 207B qualified as “excepted premises” under the Rent Act, No. 7 of 1972. The central legal issues concerned the legal impact of changing assessment numbers due to subdivision of the original premises, and whether such change affected the applicability of the Rent Act. The significance of the trial judge’s omission to try a preliminary (in limine) legal issue regarding the Rent Act’s applicability was also considered. The court determined that neither the division of the premises nor the change of assessment numbers removed the premises from the Rent Act’s ambit. Upholding the District Court’s findings, the court found no misc