Cases - Reohorn v Barry Corporation
Record details
- Name
- Reohorn v Barry Corporation
- Date
- [1956]
- Citation
- 1 WLR 845
- Legislation
- Keywords
- Lease renewal - ground (f) - redevelopment - length of new term - break clauses
- Summary
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It will not be sufficient if he proposes to have the work done by way of an agreement for a building lease if the arrangements are purely tentative.
The court granted a short fixed term thereafter determinable on 6 months' notice where the land was ripe for development even though the landlord had failed to prove an immediate intention to redevelop, on the grounds that the 1954 Act should not be used as an instrument to defeat development.
The court granted a short fixed term thereafter determinable on 6 months' notice where the land was ripe for development even though the landlord had failed to prove an immediate intention to redevelop, on grounds that the 1954 Act should not be used as an instrument to defeat development.