Duty to return tenant`s deposit does not concern the land

Duty to return tenant`s deposit does not concern the land - 1986 - Times 27/11/86 p41 (2) .

In Hua Chiao Commercial Bank Ltd v Chiaphua Industries Ltd (formerly known as Chiap Hua Clocks and Watches Ltd) ,Privy Council 25 November 1986,it was held that the obligation of a landlord under a clause in a lease to return at the expiration of the term a security deposit paid by the tenant was not a obligation which touched and concerned the land,and therefore an assignee of the reversion was not obliged to repay money which it had never received.


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