Hawkesbrook Leisure Ltd v The Reece-Jones Partnership
Series: Estates Gazette ; [2004] 25 EG 172-176(5)Publication details: 2004Subject(s): Summary: [2003] EWHC 3333( Ch), 18 November 2003. Concerned with deciding a preliminary issue on liability in proceedings brought by claimant (H) for damages for negligence against defendant (RJ). H, owned by London Transport was a non-profit making company limited by guarantee set up to look after two sports grounds owned by parent company. RJ had been instructed by H to make applications under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 Act Part II for renewal of the leases on the sports grounds. RJ served notices under s26 of the 1954 Act but failed to make the necessary applications to the court. RJ denied liability on the grounds that H did not fulfil the profit making requirements of s23 of the 1954 Act. Held that H was in occupation for the purposes of s23.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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[2003] EWHC 3333( Ch), 18 November 2003. Concerned with deciding a preliminary issue on liability in proceedings brought by claimant (H) for damages for negligence against defendant (RJ). H, owned by London Transport was a non-profit making company limited by guarantee set up to look after two sports grounds owned by parent company. RJ had been instructed by H to make applications under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 Act Part II for renewal of the leases on the sports grounds. RJ served notices under s26 of the 1954 Act but failed to make the necessary applications to the court. RJ denied liability on the grounds that H did not fulfil the profit making requirements of s23 of the 1954 Act. Held that H was in occupation for the purposes of s23.