Lease
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Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council v Torkington
Lease — Execution — Subject to contract negotiations for grant of lease to appellant — Respondent council affixing seal to lease — Council later withdrawing offer of lease — Whether…
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Adegbulu v Southwark London Borough Council
Parties negotiating lease — Claimant signing draft lease — Claimant taking possession of premises under tenancy at will — Defendants withdrawing from lease negotiations — Claimant commencing action on basis…
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Mean Fiddler Holdings Ltd v Islington London Borough Council
Alienation clause — Shared occupation — Lease containing clause prohibiting respondent tenant from sharing occupation of premises used as nightclub — Respondent hiring out premises to external club promoters –…
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Gruhn v Balgray Investments Ltd
Construction of lease — Inconsistent wording — Exception from grant — No need to apply “last ditch” doctrine of “contra proferentem” — Landlord’s appeal dismissed
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Baring Securities Ltd v DG Durham Group plc and another
Leasehold premises — Plaintiffs paying defendants sum on agreement to purchase — Consent of lessor to assignment necessary — Consent not obtained within contractual time — Plaintiffs rescinding contracts –…
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Menwald Properties Ltd v Hargrave House Ltd and another
Terms of lease — Construction — Liability — Second defendant acting as surety for first defendant — First defendant failing to pay rent — First defendant in breach of repairing…
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Spring House (Freehold) Ltd v Mount Cook Land Ltd
Clause in lease forbidding motor vehicles or other goods being placed outside premises – Lessee seeking declaration enabling parking of vehicles on demised premises – Judge granting declaration – Lessor…
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Charville Estates Ltd v Unipart Group Ltd
Lease of unit in shopping centre – Breach of covenant to keep window display – Plaintiffs erecting window display – Plaintiffs claiming rent arrears – Whether lessee having consented to…
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Crown Estate Commissioners v Possfund Custodian Trustee Ltd
Lease — Terms — Tenant being required to produce certified statements — Whether alternate provision constituting a penalty — Further provision based on letting of net internal area to trigger…
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Beegas Nominees Ltd v BHP Petroleum Ltd and others; Sevington Properties Ltd v Adams and another
Disclaimer of lease by lessee – Intermediate lessee covenanting directly with landlord to pay rent – Deed of variation between landlord and intermediate lessee and lessee by assignment – Lessee…
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Bent v High Cliff Developments Ltd and another
Claimant seeking to replace windows and external doors of property – Claimant seeking declaration that replacement not amounting to breach of covenant – Whether claimant making structural alteration – Claim…
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Mace and others v Rutland House Textiles Ltd (in administrative receivership)
Claimants seeking rectification of sublease granted to defendant – Court ordering summary judgment in favour of defendant – Claimants appealing – Whether rectification could be afforded where solicitor responsible for…