Cases - Brikom Investments Ltd v Carr

Record details

Name

Brikom Investments Ltd v Carr

Date

[1979]; [1979]

Citation

1 QB 469; 2 AII ER 753

Legislation

Landlord and Tenant Act 1927

Keywords

Dilapidations case law

Summary

While not directly on a dilapidations issue, the case illustrates the effect of the principle. The landlord, Brikom, offered leases of flats to the protected tenants of them. When doing so, the landlord said that it would carry out roof works at its own expense. The tenant took up the lease but, while the landlord did carry out the roof work, it sought to recover the cost of doing so from the tenant (and others) through the service charge. The court held that the landlord was estopped from doing so.