Cases - Godbold v Martin The Newsagents Ltd

Record details

Name

Godbold v Martin The Newsagents Ltd

Date

(1983)

Citation

2 EGLR 128 or 268 EG 1202

Legislation

Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

Keywords

Commercial property – landlord and tenant – rent review – licence for alterations – obligation on tenant to carry out alterations – voluntary improvements – whether the alterations carried out by the landlord were obligatory – whether the alterations fell outside the rent review clause to disregard the effect of voluntary improvements

Summary

The landlord had granted licences for alterations which imposed an obligation on the tenant to carry out the alterations. The landlord contended that the works were therefore obligatory and that they fell outside the direction in the rent review clause to disregard the effect of voluntary improvements, but the tenant successfully argued that the works were to be treated as voluntary improvements for the purpose of the rent review clause.