Cases - Morrison Holdings Ltd v Manders Property (Wolverhampton) Ltd

Record details

Name

Morrison Holdings Ltd v Manders Property (Wolverhampton) Ltd

Date

[1976]

Citation

1 WLR 533

Legislation

Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

Keywords

Lease renewal

Summary

The reason why the tenant was not trading at the material time was because the premises had been severely damaged by fire. There was no suggestion that the tenant, through his own fault, had caused the fire. The Court of Appeal held that in the circumstances the thread of continuity had not been broken.