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Bacchiocchi v Academic Agency Ltd

Language: English Series: All England Law Reports ; (1998) 2 All ER, 241-256(17)Publication details: 1998Subject(s): Summary: CA 20 February 1998. B closed down and vacated premises twelve days before expiry of lease, due to ill advice from solicitors. An agreement between parties had been made under Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 s37 to pay compensation for disturbance, but only if the tenant occupied premises `for the whole of the five years immediately preceding` the expiry date of the lease under s38; otherwise the agreement would be void. B appealed when application for compensation under s37 was dismissed. Whether agreement void under s38. Appeal allowed.
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CA 20 February 1998. B closed down and vacated premises twelve days before expiry of lease, due to ill advice from solicitors. An agreement between parties had been made under Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 s37 to pay compensation for disturbance, but only if the tenant occupied premises `for the whole of the five years immediately preceding` the expiry date of the lease under s38; otherwise the agreement would be void. B appealed when application for compensation under s37 was dismissed. Whether agreement void under s38. Appeal allowed.