The tenant served a notice under the Act, but failed to include a full list of the previous linked leases. The landlord said the notice was invalid.
Held: The error was not misleading. Such notices had to be viewed in the factual background. That would inform the landlord as necessary. To defeat such a notice the error had to be fundamental. The notice was valid.
Citations:
[2004] EWCA Civ 211, Times 11-Mar-2004, Gazette 11-Mar-2004
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Statutes:
Leasehold Reform Act 1967 6(3)
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Speedwell Estates Limited and Covent Garden Group Limited v Jane Rush Dalziel and others CA 31-Jul-2001
Tenants sought to purchase the freehold reversion of their properties under leasehold enfranchisement. The landlord objected that the forms were incomplete and invalid. The tenants accepted that there were defects, but asserted that these were not . .
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Landlord and Tenant
Updated: 10 June 2022; Ref: scu.194129