Forfeiture
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Eaton Square Properties Ltd v Beveridge
Underlease — Assignment — Assignee also assigning subunderlease — Non-payment of rent — Landlord seeking possession against second assignee — First assignee not party to proceedings — Landlord executing warrant…
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Cromwell Developments (Chequers Court) Ltd v Godfrey and others; Cromwell Developments (Chequers Cou
Two leases assigned to company – Company dissolved without knowledge of original tenants or landlord – Leases becoming Crown property – Leases determined by disclaimer – Dissolved company’s rights and…
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Adagio Properties Ltd v Ansari
Tenant dividing flat into two dwellings in breach of covenant – Landlord’s section 146 notice complaining of such division but giving no particulars of relevant works – Whether notice defective…
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British Telecommunications plc v Department of the Environment
Works built during war by defendant’s predecessor in title – Surface entrance to works – Plaintiff’s predecessor entitled to title absolute by virtue of Post Office Works Act 1959, section…
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Bassett Road Housing Association v Gough
Husband holding long lease of flat on trust for himself and wife – Wife in sole occupation – Husband failing to pay rent and service charge arrears within time-limit imposed…
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GS Fashions Ltd v B&Q plc and others
Landlord purporting to determine lease — Tenant accepting lessor’s entitlement to forfeiture — Lessor later challenging that lease forfeited — Declaration that lease determined by service of writ — High…
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Fuller and another v Judy Properties Ltd
Assignment without consent — Section 146 notice served on assignor — Landlord effects peaceable re-entry — Second section 146 notice served on assignees — Whether breach of covenant against assignment…
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PP 2001/62
“In general, the provisions of section 146 [Law of Property Act 1925] concerning the landlord’s notice and the tenant’s right to relief govern all covenants and conditions (other than those…
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PP 2001/6
A security taken over a debtor’s land may, for one reason or another, only amount to an equitable charge. A not uncommon instance is where, as occurred in Bland v…
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PP 2000/83
Assessing which way a court may jump – a tricky number at the best of times – can be particularly difficult when the outcome lies in the judge’s discretion.
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PP 2000/11
When it comes to forfeiture for reasons other than non-payment of rent, the case of Crawford v Clarke [2000] EGCS 33 demonstrates, rather than decides, that: (a) the trial judge…