The extinguishment of a tenancy by surrender extinguishes also the reversion to any sub-tenancy, so that the remedy for the rent and the covenants attached to the reversion cease with the reversion to which they were annexed. The sub-tenant held the property as tenant of the head landlord for the residue of the term of the extinguished tenancy but without privity of estate and accordingly without any obligation to pay the rent or perform the tenant’s covenants.
Citations:
(1789) 3 TR 393
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – PW and Co v Milton Gate Investments Ltd (BT Property Ltd and another, Part 20 defendants) ChD 8-Aug-2003
The parties, head lessor and sub-lessess, had assumed that following Brown -v- Wilson the sub-lease would continue upon the determination of the head lease, and had overlooked Pennell which overruled Brown v Wilson. However the lease made express . .
Cited – Barrett and others v Morgan HL 27-Jan-2000
The landlord served a notice to quit on the head tenant under an understanding that the head tenant would not serve a counter notice. The effect was to determine the head and sub-tenancy. It acted as a notice to quit, and despite the consensual . .
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Landlord and Tenant
Updated: 22 May 2022; Ref: scu.190569