Sara and Hossein Asset Holdings Ltd v Blacks Outdoor Retail Ltd: CA 13 Nov 2020

This appeal concerns the construction of a provision in a commercial lease under which the landlord’s certificate of the total cost of services provided under the lease, and the service charge payable by the tenant, is conclusive in the absence of manifest or mathematical error or fraud. The courts below held that the certificate was conclusive as to the cost incurred in providing the services but not as to whether such services fell within the scope of services for which the landlord was entitled to charge under the lease.

Judges:

Lord Justice David Richards

Citations:

[2020] EWCA Civ 1521

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Landlord and Tenant

Updated: 07 May 2022; Ref: scu.655664