Cases - Grosvenor Estates Ltd v Prospect Estates Ltd

Record details

Name

Grosvenor Estates Ltd v Prospect Estates Ltd

Date

[2008]

Citation

EWCA Civ 1281

Legislation

Leasehold Reform Act 1967

Keywords

What is 'a house' - original purpose of dwelling

Summary

This case related to a building originally designed as a dwelling but subsequently occupied under the terms of a predominantly (88.5%) commercial lease, the Court of Appeal, making no reference to the judgment of the House of Lords in Boss, held that such a building could not be a ‘house’ within the meaning of the 1967 Act. Their decision was on the basis that a building primarily used for commercial purposes could not be a house ‘reasonably so called’.