Chancery Division
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Meadfield Properties Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment
Option to determine lease after 10 years — Notice given to terminate lease — Whether notice valid — Whether commencement of term was immediately after midnight on first specified date…
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Barrett and others v Inntrepreneur Pub Co (GL) Ltd and another
Lessor of tied public house nominating new supplier having no brewery connections – Whether new regime affected by EC competition issues raised as regards previous nominee brewer- Judgment for lessor
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Williams and another v Southwark London Borough Council
Service charge extending to costs of performing landlords’ covenant to insure – Landlords obtaining block policy allowing for 25% discount – Policy subsequently varied by agreement providing for bulk of…
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Lehmann and another v Herman
Rights of adjoining building owners — Right to do work relating to party walls — Party wall notice — Meaning of “building owner” — Notice given on behalf of one…
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Nurdin & Peacock plc v DB Ramsden & Co Ltd
Assignee of lease contending against original landlord that rent claimed exceeded that provided for by lease – Landlord seeking rectification of lease to accord with alleged prior agreement for additional…
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Credit Suisse v Beegas Nominees Ltd
Landlord’s covenant to keep building in good and tenantable condition — Tenant went into possession of building — Building not watertight — Whether repairing covenant wide enough to require landlord…
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Fordgate Bingley Ltd v Argyll Stores Ltd
Application for leave — Appointment of a surveyor out of time — Lease containing rent review provision — Surveyor to be appointed not less than four months before specified date…
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Mount Cook Land Ltd v Hartley and others
Landlord seeking to forfeit valuable lease – Tenants subletting in breach of covenant – Sublessees of good financial standing – Landlord refusing tenants’ invitation to give retrospective consent – Tenants…
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CP Holdings Ltd v Dugdale and others
Plaintiff exercising option to acquire vehicle way over disused railway line – Defendants later buying line with intention of resuming intermittent railway use – Whether defendants entitled to construct a…
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John Lewis Properties plc v Viscount Chelsea
Leases for 999 years — Tenant required to demolish existing buildings and rebuild — Building becoming listed — Tenant contending that covenant void and that covenant impossible of performance –…
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London Baggage Co (Charing Cross) Ltd v Railtrack plc
Tenant running left luggage office at railway station – Tenant holding over after termination of periodic tenancy – Rent paid to agents not remitted to landlord – Tenant withdrawing from…
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National Car Parks Ltd v The Paternoster Consortium Ltd
Lease renewal — Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part II — Terms of new lease — Landlord proposing redevelopment — Whether new lease should have break clause — Break clause…