Does the Law Favour Tenants at the Expense of Landlords?

If you are a landlord and you have ever wanted to eject your tenant for one reason or the other, you might have realized that it is not something you can do at your whims and caprices. For instance, as a landlord, you cannot just wake up one morning and order your tenant to vacate the demised premises for whatever reason.

There is a strict laid down procedure you must follow. And in following this procedure, you will realize that recovering possession of premises from your tenant for whatever reason is not something you can do instantly.

As a result of this strict procedure, you may have cause to ask: “Does the law favour the tenants at the expense of landlords?” the answer is yes. One of the purposes of landlord/tenant law (Recovery of Premises Act and Laws) is to make tenancy life more abundant to the tenant to the detriment of the landlord.

Other purposes of landlord/tenant law are:

a. To regulate the relationship between landlord and tenant;
b. To prevent arbitrary increment in rent by landlords;
c. To prevent unlawful eviction of tenants by landlords; and
d. To prevent illegal holding over by tenants after their rent is due.

In short, the law favours tenant as against landlords because the law wants to prevent a situation where tenants are thrust into the streets to become destitute. To this end, the procedure for recovering possession of premises gives ample opportunity and time for tenants to find alternative accommodation before vacating their landlord’s premises.

But if after the procedure for recovering possession of premises has been complied with by the landlord and the tenant still remains in possession and refuses to quit, then, the landlord can proceed to court to institute an action to recover possession of his premises.

Procedure for Recovering Possession of Premises

As said earlier, the procedure for recovering possession of premises is a very strict one and the landlord is expected to follow it strictly. Failure to follow the procedure strictly makes the tenant to remain in possession. He will continue to remain in possession of the demised premises until the landlord follows the procedure strictly without making any mistake.

What is this strict procedure for recovery of possession of promises from tenants? Grab a copy of my e-book titled, LANDLORD’S TREASURY. In LANDLORD’S TREASURY, you will find all you need to know to contract landlord/tenant agreement and how to recover possession of your premises from your tenants without incurring the wrath of the law.

For details about LANDLORD’S TREASURY and what you stand to benefit from it, then, click this link: LANDLORD’S TREASURY.

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How to Protect Your Rights as a Tenant

    A tenant is not in possession of the demised premises at the mercy of the landlord. He is not in possession of the demised premises at the whims and caprices of the landlord. The landlord cannot impose anything he likes on the tenant. The tenant has a bundle of legal rights that must be protected.

Tenancy agreement is an agreement where both landlord and tenant protect their rights and interests. If a tenant doesn’t know his rights, he may not know when they are infringed upon. And even when he knows that his rights have been trampled upon, he may not know how to go about seeking redress.

The landlord cannot eject a tenant anyhow. There is a very strict procedure he must observe before ejecting tenant. If this procedure is not completely observed by the landlord, the landlord’s act will amount to wrongful ejection, which will give tenant the opportunity of remaining in occupation until the landlord follows the procedure.

If you are a tenant, you must know your rights. You must know how to protect your rights from being infringed upon, what to do when your rights are infringed upon and what to do when you are unlawfully ejected.

Here is an e-book that contains everything you need to know to protect your rights and to curtail the excesses of the landlord. The e-book is titled: “TENANT’S TREASURY – How to Protect Your Rights as a Tenant.” Code: B2 (3). Written by an experienced legal practitioner, the e-book is invaluable to every tenant. Here are what you will learn from the e-book:
 Requirement of a valid tenancy.
 Secret of protecting your rights and interests.
 Covenants that must be inserted in the tenancy agreement to protect your rights as a tenant.
 Legal obligations of tenant to landlord and why he must discharge these obligations.
 Know the laid down procedure for ejecting tenants.
 Know what to do when this procedure is not fully observed.
 Know why the law protects the tenant more than the landlord and why you should not abuse this protection that the law is granting you.
 Know the statutory grounds which the landlord can use to recover his premises from you.
 Know when quit notice is valid and when it is invalid. Know the action to take when quit notice is invalid.
 Know the reliefs available to tenant whenever the landlord breaches his rights.

Price: N1,500

How to Order

Pay N1,500 into the following account:
Bank: UBA
Account Name: Adaji Sunday
Account Number: 2015569824
After payment, text your payment details to: 07061016859. Remember to include the code of the eBook. The code is: B2 (3). The payment details you will text to us will look like this:
Name/email/amount/code/teller No/date
Example: sunny/conqueror.adaji30@gmail.com/N1,500/B2 (3)/78901/27/5/13

On confirmation of your payment, your order will be sent to your email box where you will download or print out and read.

How to Protect Your Rights, Interests and Property as a Landlord

Landlord/tenant matter remains a common case in our courts today. If you are a landlord, you will agree with me that the amount you spend on litigation is a bit expensive. But do you know that there are some legal tips you need to acquire to enable you avoid costly legal mistakes? Do you know that even though you have a very good case against your tenant, you can seriously mar your case, if you take wrong steps?

Like the tenant, you also have your rights, interests and property to protect? But there are strict procedures for doing these. You cannot do things any how or the way you want it. To avoid incurring the wrath of the law, strict compliance with laid down procedures is required.

For details on what you need to know as a landlord in order to protect your rights, interests and property, order the e-book titled LANDLORD’S TREASURY – How to Protect Your Rights, interests and Property Under Nigerian Jurisdiction. Code: B3 (1). Written by a an experienced legal practitioner, this e-book deals extensively at statutory provisions which must be complied with by both landlord and tenant, failure of which will spell some disaster to the defaulting party.

Here are benefits the landlord, caretaker or estate agent stand to gain from the e-book:

 Requirements of a valid tenancy agreement.
 Secret of protecting your rights, interests and property.
 Covenants that must be inserted in the agreement.
 Two essential clauses that must be inserted in the agreement and their importance.
 Legal obligations of landlord to the tenant.
 How to eject your tenant without incurring the wrath of the law.
 When to issue quit notice.
 Reliefs available to landlord.
 Statutory grounds that the landlord can establish to recover his premises from the tenant.
 Reliefs available to tenant where the landlord breaches the express terms of the covenants.
 Secrets of managing your properties without stress.

Price: N2,000
How to Order
Pay N2,000 into the following account:

Bank: UBA
Account Name: Adaji Sunday
Account Number: 2015569824

After payment, text your payment details to: 07061016859. Remember to include the code of the eBook. The code is: B3 (1). The payment details you will text to us will look like this:
Name/email/amount/code/teller No/date
Example: sunny/conqueror.adaji30@gmail.com/N2,000/B3 (1)/78901/27/5/13

On confirmation of your payment, your order will be sent to your email box where you will download or print out and read.