Hindcastle Ltd v Barbara Attenborough Associates Ltd and others
Hindcastle Ltd v Barbara Attenborough Associates Ltd and others
- 1994
- All England Law Reports (1994) 4 AllER 129-138(6) .
CA 15 June 1994. H was a landlord who had granted a lease to the first defendants, which was subseqently assigned and reassigned to P. When P went into liquidation, the liquidator issued a disclaimer of the lease, so H sought arrears in rent from the defendants. The second and third defendants appealed against H`s writs, claiming they no longer had any liability for the rent. "Held" that P`s disclaimer did not release the defendants and accordingly appeal dismissed.
ASSIGNMENT
DISCLAIMER
INSOLVENCY ACT 1986 S178
LEASES
PRIVITY OF CONTRACT
RENT ARREARS
CA 15 June 1994. H was a landlord who had granted a lease to the first defendants, which was subseqently assigned and reassigned to P. When P went into liquidation, the liquidator issued a disclaimer of the lease, so H sought arrears in rent from the defendants. The second and third defendants appealed against H`s writs, claiming they no longer had any liability for the rent. "Held" that P`s disclaimer did not release the defendants and accordingly appeal dismissed.
ASSIGNMENT
DISCLAIMER
INSOLVENCY ACT 1986 S178
LEASES
PRIVITY OF CONTRACT
RENT ARREARS