Gibson LJ said: ‘it is not in dispute that the purpose of section 99(5) in requiring the tenant himself to sign it and not allowing an agent to do so, must have been so that the tenant really knew what he was doing.’
Judges:
Dyson, Jacob LJJ, Sir Peter Gibson
Citations:
[2007] EWCA Civ 1555, [2008] L and TR 23
Links:
Statutes:
Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 13
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Hilmi and Associates Ltd v 20 Pembridge Villas Freehold Ltd CA 30-Mar-2010
The tenants gave a notice seeking to exercise their right to acquire the freehold building. The landlord challenged the validity of the notice saying that for a company tenant, the notice had been signed only by a director using his own name with . .
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Landlord and Tenant
Updated: 24 July 2022; Ref: scu.341672
