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Royton Industries Ltd v Lawrence

Language: English Series: Estates Gazette ; (1994) 20 EG 151-153(3)Publication details: 1994Subject(s): Summary: ChD 17 February 1994. The defendant (L) had been a tenant of R but had assigned the lease. In contesting a service charge L claimed that, by the terms of the covenant, their liability ceased when the tenancy was assigned. Deciding for R, "held" that the privity of contract principle and the lease terms `yielding and paying` bound L to pay to sum charged.

ChD 17 February 1994. The defendant (L) had been a tenant of R but had assigned the lease. In contesting a service charge L claimed that, by the terms of the covenant, their liability ceased when the tenancy was assigned. Deciding for R, "held" that the privity of contract principle and the lease terms `yielding and paying` bound L to pay to sum charged.