A catering firm that supplies food at motor racing meetings has issued a High Court claim challenging a notice purporting to end its £200,000 pa tenancy at Donington Park.
Course owner Donington Park Leisure served the notice on Classic Catering on 13 April 2000, seeking to end the agreement under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, and opposing the grant of a new tenancy on the ground that Classic had committed substantial breaches of its obligations.
Donington Park also claimed to have plans to demolish the premises, which it said it could not reasonably do without obtaining possession.
The catering firm served a counternotice, announcing its intention to remain in the premises. In it, Classic claimed that the tenancy could not be ended on the date given in the notices, which, it argues, should also be void for uncertainty.
Classic now says it will dispute each and every allegation in the notices, and it is countering with a claim for a new lease with exclusive rights to supply food and drink at all race meetings at Donington Park on a cash sales basis.
Classic also wants free access to the premises for its suppliers, employees, customers and invitees at all times, and access to water, drainage, electricity and other services.
The firm proposes that the new lease should include rents totalling nearly £200,000 pa for its Redgate Lodge pub, Pitstop Cafe, Exhibition Centre and other sites at the race course.
PLS News 6/11/00
