Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2012] All ER (D) 94 (May)
Neutral Citation: [2012] EWCA Civ 596
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:

Maurice Kay, Rimer and Tomlinson LJJ

Representation Nicholas Dowding QC and Mark Sefton (instructed by DLA Piper UK LLP) for the claimant.
  Christopher Nugee QC and David Holland QC (instructed by Eversheds LLP) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 10 May 2012

Catchwords

Landlord and tenant - Lease - Option to renew - Defendant opposing grant of new tenancy to claimant company on basis of intention to occupy premises - Claimant commencing proceedings against defendant seeking grant of new tenancies - Judge finding defendant intending to occupy holdings for purposes, or partly for the purposes, of business to be carried on by it therein - Whether judge erring - .

The Case

Landlord and tenant Lease. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, upheld a finding that the defendant landlord had established a genuine intention to re-occupy premises leased to the claimant upon the expiry of the claimant's leases, and had accordingly defeated the claim for the grant of a new tenancy.

Practice Areas

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