Chancery Division
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Lynnthorpe Enterprises Ltd v Sidney Smith (Chelsea) Ltd
Landlord and tenant–Rent review clause in lease–Problems of construction in lease and in deeds of variation–Effect of section 79 of the Law of Property Act 1925–‘Presumption in favour of reality’…
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Edicron Ltd v William Whiteley Ltd
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part II, as amended by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 — Compensation payable to tenant on quitting where court precluded from ordering grant…
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Provident Mutual Life Assurance Association v Greater London Employers’ Association Ltd
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 — Tenant giving up occupation before expiration of contractual term — Whether tenancy continues — Whether section 27(2) notice required to determine term
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Walters and others v Roberts
Application by purchaser for summary judgment for specific performance under Order 86 — Incidental agricultural holdings point determined — Case with a number of ‘bizarre features’ including a purchaser under…
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Selim Ltd v Bickenhall Engineering Ltd
Land Charges Act 1972 — ‘Pending land action’ — Whether proceedings seeking leave under Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act 1938 to commence an action for breach of repairing covenants in lease…
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R A Securities Ltd v Mercantile Credit Co Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Whether original tenant liable for rent following voluntary arrangement made by assignee binding on landlord
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Commission for the New Towns v Chesterfield Properties plc
Landlord and tenant — Rent review clause — Proper construction of an early rent review clause in headlease based on rents derived from underleases — Effect of increased frequency of…
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Ford Sellar Morris Developments Ltd and another v Grant Seward Ltd and another
Landlord and tenant — Agreement to grant lease — Agreement provided that on completion of certain works the proposed tenants (in the meantime in occupation as licensees) would be granted…
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Queensway Marketing Ltd v Associated Restaurants Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Scope of covenant for quiet enjoyment in subunderlease where complaint was interference with subunderlessees’ business by erection of scaffolding by superior lessors — New point decided…
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Star Rider Ltd v Inntrepreneur Pub Co
Landlord and tenant — Agreement for lease — Licence to occupy — Whether Unfair Contract Terms Act applies to agreement for lease — Whether claim for damages can be set…
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Hemingway Securities Ltd v Dunraven Ltd and another
Landlord and tenant — Breach of covenant against subletting — Whether restrictive covenant — Whether landlords entitled to interlocutory mandatory injunction against tenant and subtenants
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Godbold v Martin the Newsagents Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Rent-review clause in lease of business premises — Question as to whether improvements carried out by the tenants should be taken into account in assessing the…