Landlord drops privity clause

Landlord drops privity clause - 1992 - Estates Times (1141) 1 May 1992, 4&24(1) .

Highlights the growing movement to scrap privity of contract provisions in commercial leases following Enterprise Inns decision to remove the clause from its leases retrospectively. The Law Commission has published a consultation paper "Landlord and tenant, responsibility for state and condition of property" seeking views on how the law relating to repairs and the condition of rented property should be reformed.


CONSULTATION PAPERS
DUTY TO REPAIR
LAW COMMISSION
LEASES
PRIVITY OF CONTRACT
REPAIRING OBLIGATIONS