To be effective a lease by parole for three years must be for three years computed from the time of the agreement, and not from some a future date. ‘No lease by parol is good which imports to convey an interest for more than three years from the time of the making.
It was ruled by Holt Chief Justice at Lent Assizes at Kingston 1699, that such lease for three years of land, as will be good without deed within the [Statute of Frauds] . . s2, must be for three years, to be computed from the time of the agreement; and not for three years to be computed from any day after.’
Judges:
Holt CJ
Citations:
(1699) 1 Ld Raym 736, 91 ER 1392
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Long v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council ChD 20-Mar-1996
The parties had agreed for a lease, and the tenant entered possession, but no formal lease was executed. The tenant stopped paying rent in 1977 or 1984. He now claimed rectification of the registers to show him as proprietor. The landlord argued . .
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Landlord and Tenant
Updated: 24 November 2022; Ref: scu.223189
