British Telecommunications plc v Sun Life Assurance Society plc
Language: English Series: All England Law Reports ; (1995) 4 AllER 44-52(9)Publication details: 1995Subject(s): Summary: CA 28 July 1995. The plaintiff (B) was tenant on the sixth and seventh floors of premises to which the defendant (S) was landlord. The lease required S to keep the building as a whole in `complete good and substantial repair`. In the summer of 1986 a bulge appeared in the brick cladding on the fifth floor external wall, and when S was informed on 1 September 1986 they immediately did preparatory work to carry out remedial work - which did not begin until February 1988. Meanwhile B brought proceedings against S for breach of repairing covenant, contending that a breach occurred as soon as a defect occurred, and not, as S contended, when notification of such defect was received. Appeal against earlier ruling in favour of B was dismissed.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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CA 28 July 1995. The plaintiff (B) was tenant on the sixth and seventh floors of premises to which the defendant (S) was landlord. The lease required S to keep the building as a whole in `complete good and substantial repair`. In the summer of 1986 a bulge appeared in the brick cladding on the fifth floor external wall, and when S was informed on 1 September 1986 they immediately did preparatory work to carry out remedial work - which did not begin until February 1988. Meanwhile B brought proceedings against S for breach of repairing covenant, contending that a breach occurred as soon as a defect occurred, and not, as S contended, when notification of such defect was received. Appeal against earlier ruling in favour of B was dismissed.