City Offices (Regent Street) Ltd v Europa Acceptance Group plc

City Offices (Regent Street) Ltd v Europa Acceptance Group plc - 1991 - Rent Review & Lease Renewal 11(3) Spring 1991, 300-3-6(7) .

CA 13 April 1989. In appealing, the tenants were challenging a break clause in the notice served on them by their landlords. Specifically, they disputed the applicability of the words "reconstruction of the demised premises" to their offices, where there was to be no alteration of the load-bearing structural walls. However, with precedents existing under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 s30(1) , the judge considered the proposed work sufficient to be considered " reconstruction ", and dismissed the appeal.