Rent review
Rent review
- 1994
- Estates Gazette Case Summaries (1994) EGCS 146(1) (11/8/94) .
"Bickenhall Engineering Co Ltd v Grandmet Restaurants Ltd" CA 29 July 1994. Following failure to agree rent at review, the lessor issued a writ for arrears of rent in accordance with the lease provisions. Argument arose as to whether time was of the essence in serving a counternotice. Judgment for the lessor, but the lessee appealed successfully with the CA deciding that a rebuttal presumption meant that no time limit applied to the counternotice.
COUNTER NOTICE
REBUTTAL PRESUMPTION
RENT REVIEWS
TIME OF THE ESSENCE
UNITED SCIENTIFIC HOLDINGS LTD V BURNLEY BC 1977
"Bickenhall Engineering Co Ltd v Grandmet Restaurants Ltd" CA 29 July 1994. Following failure to agree rent at review, the lessor issued a writ for arrears of rent in accordance with the lease provisions. Argument arose as to whether time was of the essence in serving a counternotice. Judgment for the lessor, but the lessee appealed successfully with the CA deciding that a rebuttal presumption meant that no time limit applied to the counternotice.
COUNTER NOTICE
REBUTTAL PRESUMPTION
RENT REVIEWS
TIME OF THE ESSENCE
UNITED SCIENTIFIC HOLDINGS LTD V BURNLEY BC 1977