Long v Tower Hamlets LBC
Long v Tower Hamlets LBC
- 1996
- All England Law Reports (1996) 2 All ER 683-704 (11) .
ChD 20 March 1996. L contended that T`s right of action was statute-barred by the 12 year limitation period of the Limitation Act 1980 s15(1). T contended that the tenancy document was a `lease in writing` and that the limitation period began in 1984 when a notice to quit was served on L. "Held" that a written document was not a lease in writing but merely evidenced the existence of a lease and it could take effect a lease only if it operated in accordance with the Law of Property Act s54, which was not the case in this instance. Appeal allowed.
ADVERSE POSSESSION
LAW OF PROPERTY ACT 1925 S54
LIMITATION ACT 1980 S15(1)
LIMITATION PERIOD
LONG V TOWER HAMLETS LBC
NOTICE TO QUIT
ChD 20 March 1996. L contended that T`s right of action was statute-barred by the 12 year limitation period of the Limitation Act 1980 s15(1). T contended that the tenancy document was a `lease in writing` and that the limitation period began in 1984 when a notice to quit was served on L. "Held" that a written document was not a lease in writing but merely evidenced the existence of a lease and it could take effect a lease only if it operated in accordance with the Law of Property Act s54, which was not the case in this instance. Appeal allowed.
ADVERSE POSSESSION
LAW OF PROPERTY ACT 1925 S54
LIMITATION ACT 1980 S15(1)
LIMITATION PERIOD
LONG V TOWER HAMLETS LBC
NOTICE TO QUIT