The High Court is to rule on a dispute between National Car Parks and Trinity Development Company (Banbury) Ltd over the true effect of a written agreement purporting to be a parking licence.
NCP argued before Judge Rich QC yesterday that the agreement, although described as a “licence for the parking of vehicles at Cherwell Centre, Banbury”, in fact created a tenancy of the site.
It therefore claimed to have the protection of Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, so that the three months notice to quit given to it by Trinity had no effect.
Trinity disputed this, claiming that the agreement meant just what it said, so that NCP had only a licence and could not claim the protection contended for.
The hearing continues.
PLS News 9/11/00
