Noble F. Allen, an experienced Connecticut real estate attorney, has authored his 4th edition of Connecticut Landlord and Tenant Law with Forms treatise, published by ALM. This book covers the legal relationship between tenants and landlords, both in commercial and residential settings. It has been prepared as a desktop reference, with case law and statutory mandates, and includes model forms for housing court and other landlord-tenant civil litigation.
- Chapters 1 through 7 include an overview of lease construction and interpretation, as well as the statutory obligations of the landlord and tenant in a variety of settings and circumstances, including forcible entry and detainer, security deposits, and certificates of occupancy.
- Chapters 8 through 11 pertain to summary process litigation, including post-judgment proceedings. These chapters are meant to provide practitioners with the statutory blueprint for prosecuting, defending and appealing an eviction action. Specific statutory requirements that are mandatory within summary process litigation are highlighted: from the elements of the Kapa notice, to the notice to quit, to the summary process execution.
- Chapter 12 focuses exclusively on civil non-summary process litigation. In this chapter, the difference between a nonpayment of rent action and a breach of lease action is addressed, as well as the statutory and common law formulas for calculating damages resulting from a breach of lease, and various other causes of action and defenses employed in civil landlord-tenant litigation.
Valuable appendices include an annotated glossary of common trigger provisions and concepts in commercial lease litigation and two sets of model forms: housing court forms and other landlord-tenant related forms.
