Summary The appeal judge had been right to differ from the trial judge's findings of fact and to find that the defendant tenant was entitled only to an assured shorthold tenancy and not an assured tenancy. * Leave to appeal to the House of Lords refused. Facts Appeal by the defendant...

Summary The appellant owned and operated the Half Moon Hotel at Montego Bay, Jamaica. Facts The respondent owned the adjacent Holiday Inn. Between the Half Moon Hotel and the Holiday Inn were three strips of land belonging to the Holiday Inn. Those lands were acquired by the appellant in 1966 and...

Summary Under s.196(4) Law of Property Act 1925 service on a lessor by either registered post or recorded delivery was deemed to be on a presumed date of delivery regardless of when delivery of the registered letter or recorded delivery in fact took place. Facts Appeal by the claimant landlord ('WX')...

Summary A landlord's proposed works amounted to a demolition or reconstruction of an "eggshell" premises and, therefore, satisfied the grounds for opposing a new tenancy under s.30(1)(f) Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. Facts Appeal by a tenant ('T') of ground floor shop premises let by the respondent landlords ('L'), from...

Summary A settlement agreement between the first defendant and a third party had not had the effect of extinguishing the third party's claim against the present claimants, with the consequence that the present claimants could look to the first defendant for a contribution towards the damages that they had been...

Summary There was nothing procedurally unfair about the decision of inspectors appointed by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to complete and deliver their report into the appellant's conduct in relation to three companies without allowing him an opportunity to answer in writing the provisional criticisms made of...

Summary Judge entitled to find that a series of transactions by a company, in which a headlease and underlease were executed, were so indivisably bound together that the company never acquired anything more than a nominal reversion which could fall prey to a debenture. Facts Appeal by the first, second...

Summary The provisions of Part XII, Chapter II Companies Act 1985 were applicable in England, Wales and Scotland, the distinct chapters merely providing the process of registration in each jurisdiction. Facts Application by the administrators of the claimant company, incorporated in Scotland, for directions on whether a debenture granted by the...

Summary The provisions of s.97(2) Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 were apt to provide for a measure of damages appropriate in cases of deliberate or reckless infringement. Facts The claimant sued the Sun newspaper for copyright infringement of a photograph of a patient at Rampton Hospital ('A'), a convicted killer....