The report showed 74 per cent of sitting tenants experienced an annual rent increase of two per cent or below between Q2 2022 and Q1 2024.

John O’Gara successfully argued there was no evidence allowing the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) to conclude he was a tenant at the detached property, which sits on half an acre in Rathfarnham

The judge said he did not believe the joining of Mr Godart could come as a surprise and that the move should have been “as clear as a pikestaff”.