Transport (Nelson) Ltd v Johnston - [1984] 2 NZLR 355

Landlord and tenant — Rent review — Effect of Rent Freeze Regulations — Meaning of "falls due for review" - Annual rent for the five years ending 31 January 1982 was $31,350 - Lease provided for a rent review for the period 1 February 1982 to 31 January 1987 for a sum to be agreed upon, or failing agreement, to be fixed by arbitration, being not less than $31,350 - Negotiations were in progress when on 22 June 1982 the Rent Freeze Regulations 1982 were made — Whether the rent fixed on review could lawfully be higher than $31,350 - Rent Freeze Regulations 1982, reg 3 - Rent Freeze Regulations 1983, regs 4 and 6.