Eyre v McCracken
Eyre v McCracken
- 2000
- Property and Compensation Reports [2000] 80 P&CR 220-229(5) .
Ca 10 March 2000. Tenant, M, was granted a tenancy for seven and a quarter years in 1976. There was a prohibition on assignment. M was a protected tenant and had held over on expiry of the term. E commenced proceedings for possession and damages for breach of repairing covenants in the lease. Lower court found M liable for most of the disrepair claimed and ordered that M must give up possession unless repairs done within a year. Works included a damp-proof course which would cost £15,000 to instal. M disputed liability for the installation of a damp-proof course and appealed. "Held" appeal allowed.
EYRE V MCCRACKEN
REPAIRS
POSSESSION
LIABILITY
REPAIRING COVENANT
DAMP-PROOF COURSE
Ca 10 March 2000. Tenant, M, was granted a tenancy for seven and a quarter years in 1976. There was a prohibition on assignment. M was a protected tenant and had held over on expiry of the term. E commenced proceedings for possession and damages for breach of repairing covenants in the lease. Lower court found M liable for most of the disrepair claimed and ordered that M must give up possession unless repairs done within a year. Works included a damp-proof course which would cost £15,000 to instal. M disputed liability for the installation of a damp-proof course and appealed. "Held" appeal allowed.
EYRE V MCCRACKEN
REPAIRS
POSSESSION
LIABILITY
REPAIRING COVENANT
DAMP-PROOF COURSE