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John Morley: “The crucial suggestion, the expediency, namely, of making the landlord pay compensation to the tenant for disturbing…”

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The crucial suggestion, the expediency, namely, of making the landlord pay compensation to the tenant for disturbing him, came from Ireland.
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John Morley

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Morley acknowledges that a key proposal for tenant rights originated from Ireland.

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