Cases - Bovis Group Pension Fund Ltd v GC Flooring and Furnishers Ltd

Record details

Name

Bovis Group Pension Fund Ltd v GC Flooring and Furnishers Ltd

Date

(1984)

Citation

269 EG 1252, CA

Legislation

Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

Keywords

Commercial property – landlord and tenant – rent review – implied terms – rent review clause of a mixed-use building provided for rent review to be based on hypothetical letting for “office purposes” – whether there was an implied term that office use should be assumed to be permitted by the hypothetical lease and under town and country planning

Summary

The rent review clause in a lease of a mixed-use building stated that the review was to be based on a hypothetical letting 'for office purposes'. This implied that office use should be assumed to be permitted both by the hypothetical lease and under town and country planning legislation