Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1870

Proceedings by landlord in respect of claims.

17. On the receipt of the notice the landlord shall be deemed to have admitted the claim made by the tenant, unless within the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner he serves a notice on the tenant, stating that he disputes the whole or some portion of the claim made by the latter, and upon service of such notice by a landlord on the tenant a dispute shall be deemed to have arisen between the landlord and the tenant as to the whole or a portion of such claim, and such dispute shall be decided by the Court, unless within the time and in the manner prescribed in that behalf such dispute shall have been settled by agreement between the landlord and tenant.