Some good news for landlords of business premises forming part of a building.
That possession may one day be sought on the ground that the landlord intends to demolish or reconstruct (section 30(1)(f) of the 1954 Act) should not deter him, all other things being equal, from letting little more than a volume of air space with a thin enclosing skin.
Under the terms of the “eggshell” (or “bin liner”) letting considered in Pumperninks of Piccadilly Ltd v Land Securities Ltd [2002] EWCA Civ 621; [2002] 2 EGLR 147, the demised premises extended no further than the surface coverings of the ceiling, floor and outside walls. The tenant argued in vain that such premises could not be demolished or reconstructed within the meaning of para 30(1)(f).
Among other things, the same physical characteristics also precluded the tenant from relying upon section 31A (works reasonably capable of being carried out without obtaining possession of holding). The case is fully reviewed by Sandi Murdoch in
PP 2002/121
Some good news for landlords of business premises forming part of a building.
That possession may one day be sought on the ground that the landlord intends to demolish or reconstruct (section 30(1)(f) of the 1954 Act) should not deter him, all other things being equal, from letting little more than a volume of air space with a thin enclosing skin.
Under the terms of the “eggshell” (or “bin liner”) letting considered in Pumperninks of Piccadilly Ltd v Land Securities Ltd [2002] EWCA Civ 621; [2002] 2 EGLR 147, the demised premises extended no further than the surface coverings of the ceiling, floor and outside walls. The tenant argued in vain that such premises could not be demolished or reconstructed within the meaning of para 30(1)(f).
Among other things, the same physical characteristics also precluded the tenant from relying upon section 31A (works reasonably capable of being carried out without obtaining possession of holding). The case is fully reviewed by Sandi Murdoch in Unscrambling the law Estates Gazette, 17 August 2002, p94.
