Chancery Division
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Braddon Towers Ltd v International Stores Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Whether court was precluded in the present state of the law from granting a mandatory injunction compelling someone to carry on a business — Defendant tenants…
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Edwin Woodhouse Trustee Co Ltd v Sheffield Brick Co plc
Landlord and tenant — Construction of rent review clause in lease — Lease also contained an option for tenants to determine the term — Time admittedly of the essence in…
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Kings (Estate Agents) Ltd v Anderson and another
Construction of a rent review clause — Whether time of the essence for an arbitrator’s determination of rent — Parties failed to agree rent — Application for declarations by tenant…
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Arnold and others v National Westminster Bank plc
Landlord and tenant — Rent review clause in lease — Reopening of construction point — Whether barred by issue estoppel rule — Further stage in litigation which began with decision…
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Allnatt London Properties Ltd v Newton
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part II, Section 38(1) — Agreement to surrender void as purposting to preclude tenant from making an application or request for a new tenancy –…
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Rignall Developments Ltd v Halil
Vendor and purchaser — Whether vendor had shown a good title — Registered local land charge relating to housing improvement grant — Knowledge of vendor’s solicitor treated as knowledge of…
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Guildford Borough Council v Cobb
Landlord and tenant — Rent review — Whether expression ground rent meant rent reflecting value of buildings erected at expense of tenant
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GMS Syndicate Ltd v Gary Elliott Ltd and others
Landlord and tenant — Forfeiture — Alleged immoral user of basement premises used as sauna bath, gymnasium and health club — Ground floor and basement in building of six floors…
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Sims-Hilditch v Simmons
Business tenancy–Lease for 16 years from Christmas Day 1956–Landlord’s notice to terminate ‘on the 25th day of December 1972’ held good–Ground for possession in section 30 (1) (g) held established…
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Sight & Sound Education Ltd v Books etc Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 PartII — Compensation — Determination of tenancy on grounds (f) and (g) — Section 25 notice expiring after contractual term date…
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Knight and another v Lawrence
Negligence — Action against receiver appointed by mortgagees — Borrowers had mortgaged tenanted properties, in many cases subject to rent reviews — Failure by receiver to serve trigger notices in…
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Broadgate Square plc v Lehman Brothers Ltd
Landlord and tenant — Rent review — Arbitration — Open market rent defined as best yearly rent after expiry of a rent-free period — Whether deduction should be made for…