Tenants had assigned their leases to subsidiary companies as part of a company re-organisation, and now claimed the benefit of the 1995 Act to relieve them from liability under an authorised guarantee agreement. Judges: Longmore, Patten, Ryder LJJ Citations: [2014] EWCA Civ 1215, [2015] 1 P and CR 5 Links: Bailii Statutes: Landlord and Tenant … Continue reading Tindall Cobham 1 Ltd and Others v Adda Hotels and Others: CA 5 Sep 2014

The agreement provided that the guarantors to the original lease should act also as guarantors on any assignment. The tenant challenged this provision saying that it contravened the requirements of section 25 of the 1995 Act. HoF contended that such an arrangement would frustrate the intention of the Act. Held: The provision stipulating in advance … Continue reading K/S Victoria Street v House of Fraser (Stores Management) Ltd and Others: CA 27 Jul 2011