Sedac Investments Ltd v Tanner and others: ChD 6 May 1982

The court was asked whether the plaintiff lessors were entitled to leave to commence proceedings against the lessee defendants for damages under section 1(2) of the 1938 Act for breach of a repairing covenant, even though the lessors had themselves remedied the breach before purporting to give the lessees a notice such as is specified in section 146(1) of the Law of Property Act 1925.

Judges:

Michael Wheeler QC J

Citations:

[1982] EWHC Ch 1, 264 EG 615, [1982] 1 WLR 1342, (1982) 44 PandCR 319, [1982] 3 All ER 646

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act 1938, Law of Property Act 1925 146(1)

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Landlord and Tenant

Updated: 08 July 2022; Ref: scu.245432