Cases - W. J. Barton Ltd v Long Acre Securities Ltd

Record details

Name

W. J. Barton Ltd v Long Acre Securities Ltd

Date

(1982)

Citation

1 EGLR 89, CA or 1 WLR 398

Legislation

Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

Keywords

Commercial property – rent review – market rents – comparable evidence – whether the landlord was entitled to an order requiring the tenant to produce its trading records to the court for assessment of rent renewal under section 34 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

Summary

The landlord failed to obtain an order requiring the tenant to produce its trading records to the court when rent was being assessed at a renewal under section 34 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. There was no shortage of comparable evidence from which open market rents could be deduced.