Court of Appeal

Landlord and tenant — Whether disclaimer of lease by liquidator of assignee company discharges liability of earlier assignee and surety for arrears of rent

Landlord and tenant — Licences or tenancy — Court of Appeal decide that three separate non-exclusive licence agreements represented the realities of the situation and were not to be treated…

Landlord and tenant — Section 146(1) of Law of Property Act 1925 and section 1(1) and (4) of Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act 1938 — Breach of covenant — Forfeiture –…

Landlord and tenant — Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act 1938 and section 146(1) of Law of Property Act 1925 — Appeal from decision of county court judge holding that a notice…

Landlord and tenant — Lease — Side letter to lease allowing tenant to surrender on terms — Whether obligation to accept surrender binding on successor in title to reversion

Landlord and tenant — Questions as to power of a residents’ association to incur expenses, levy contributions and employ managing agents — Problems arose because the answers had to be…

Landlord and tenant — Repairs — Covenant — Electric under-floor storage heating — Whether tenants discharged covenant to repair by installing space heaters rather than restoring and maintaining under-floor heating

Landlord and tenant — Whether lease void if tie provisions therein in breach of Treaty of Rome — Whether rent a reasonable rent under an implied periodic tenancy