The court was asked as to the validity of an agreement for lease.
Held: Lush LJ said: ‘there must be a certain beginning and a certain ending otherwise it is not a perfect lease and a contract must in order to satisfy the Statute of Frauds, contain this reference.’
Baggallay LJ appeared to consider that an agreement for a lease to commence on the signing of another formal agreement could be sufficiently certain
Lush LJ, Baggallay LJ
(1881) 19 ChD 233, [1881] UKLawRpCh 242, 4 IC 85
Commonlii
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Harvey v Pratt CA 1965
The parties had entered into an agreement for a lease, but had not specified a date for its commencement.
Held: In the case of a lease or agreement to lease, the essential terms will usually be the parties, the premises, the term and the rent. . .
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Landlord and Tenant, Contract
Updated: 14 November 2021; Ref: scu.246712