Assignment of tenancy

Assignment of tenancy - 1991 - Times 22 November 1991, 19(1) Estates Gazette Case Summaries 1991 EGCS 124(1) (7/12/91) .

"Crago v Julian" CA 21 November 1991. It was held that a tenancy had to be assigned in writing; an oral agreement was only sufficient for a short-term lease. The appeal against the decision that the appellant`s ex-husband had not assigned the tenancy to her in spite of written intentions to do so, was dismissed with reference to Law of Property Act 1925 s53(1)(a).


ASSIGNMENT
LAW OF PROPERTY ACT 1925 S53(1)(A)
LEASES
ORAL AGREEMENT
PROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT-RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES