Option for renewal of lease of business premises–Effect of non-registration under Land Charges Act 1925–Beesly v Hallwood Estates–Parties unaware of invalidity of option–Doctrine of equitable estoppel–Transactions carried out and expenditure…
Landlord and tenant — Maintenance charges payable by long leaseholders in block of flats in London — Originating summons raising a large number of questions for determination by the court,…
Landlord and tenant — Recently erected building — Covenant to repair — Cladding joints allowed ingress of water — Whether breach of covenant — Assessment of damages
Landlord and tenant — Insolvency of tenant by assignment — Whether voluntary arrangement under Insolvency Act 1986 precluded landlords from recovering rent from original tenant and/or a tenant by assignment
Forfeiture–Three flats in Brewer Street, Soho, two of which were clearly used by prostitutes–No express covenant against immoral user–No ground for implying any such covenant–No breach established of covenant in…
Landlord and tenant — Forfeiture — Premises found to have been used for purposes of prostitution — Although breaches of covenant had been established, the present judge, in his judgment…
Estate agents’ branch manager subject to three-year, three-mile covenant in restraint of trade–Validity of covenant upheld–Relevance in this regard (a) of manager’s record in his previous employment, (b) of his…
Contract for underlease–Proposed lessee let into occupation pending superior landlord’s consent to grant–Lessee pays deposit and ultimately whole price, consent still not received and underlease not executed–A few instalments of…
Landlord and tenant — Surety of lease — Company associated with tenant company in possession — Rent accepted from company in occupation — Tenant in liquidation — Lease disclaimed –…
Landlord and tenant — Tenants’ association — Sale of Berkeley Court — Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, section 18 — Tenants interested in extension of leases and acquisition of shares…
Valuation of farm for the purpose of an option to purchase — Whether ‘Bwllfa principle’ applied — Testator’s will granted options to purchase farm to be offered to his six…
Landlord and tenant–Lease of business premises–Landlord and Tenant Act 1954–‘Very curious clause’–Power to either lessors or lessees to determine term of 42 years at end of 22nd or 32nd year,…