Friends` Provident Life Office v British Railways Board
Language: English Series: Estates Gazette ; (1995) 48 EG 106-112(7)Publication details: 1995Subject(s): Summary: CA 25 July 1995. The appellant landlord`s predecessor in title granted an underlease to the respondent`s statutory predecessor, British Transport Commission. A deed of variation in 1985 varied the terms of the underlease. The rent payable for the premises was increased from £12,000 to £35,000 pa. The court originally dismissed the landlord`s claim for arrears of rent against the respondent as original tenant, after a subsequent assignee defaulted payment. Landlord`s appeal allowed on grounds that respondent liable under the terms of its original covenant to pay the increased rent, or at least the original rent.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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CA 25 July 1995. The appellant landlord`s predecessor in title granted an underlease to the respondent`s statutory predecessor, British Transport Commission. A deed of variation in 1985 varied the terms of the underlease. The rent payable for the premises was increased from £12,000 to £35,000 pa. The court originally dismissed the landlord`s claim for arrears of rent against the respondent as original tenant, after a subsequent assignee defaulted payment. Landlord`s appeal allowed on grounds that respondent liable under the terms of its original covenant to pay the increased rent, or at least the original rent.