Silvester v Ostrowska: 1959

A notice was served under section 146, and specified breaches of the covenant to repair and breach of a covenant against sub-letting. In fact there was no covenant against sub-letting in the lease.
Held: Having regard to earlier cases, the notice was held to be sufficient for the purposes of Section 146. The breach relied upon was accurately set out even though there was an unjustified reference to another alleged breach.

Citations:

[1959] 1 WLR 1060, [1959] 3 All ER 642

Statutes:

Law of Property Act 1925 146(1)

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedWoodchester Lease Management Services Ltd v Swayne and Co (A Firm) CA 26-Aug-1998
The parties entered into a regulated copier finance agreement. The defendant defaulted. The plaintiffs served a notice to determine the agreement, but providing what sum was to be paid to continue. The defendant said that the notice specified the . .
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Landlord and Tenant

Updated: 19 November 2022; Ref: scu.349085