Cases - Hamish Cathie Travel Ltd v Insight International Ltd

Record details

Name

Hamish Cathie Travel Ltd v Insight International Ltd

Date

(1986)

Citation

1 EGLR 244, ChD

Legislation

Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

Keywords

Commercial property – landlord and tenant – rent review – voluntary improvements – lease provided for disregarding tenant’s voluntary improvements for which the landlord had given written consent – whether voluntary improvements for which the landlord had given oral consent were to be disregarded

Summary

The rent review clause required the disregarding of any tenant's voluntary improvements to which the landlord had given written consent. The tenant argued that improvements for which the landlord had given only oral consent should also be disregarded, but the landlord successfully argued that the rent review clause was to be strictly applied so that those improvements were taken in the landlord's favour.