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008			090401t1988 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u17226
041			_aeng
245			_aP & A Swift Investments v Combined English Stores Group plc
260			_c1988
350			_a0
490			_aWeekly Law Reports _v(1988) 3 WLR 313-320(8)
520			_aHL 7 July 1988 Appeal by Combined English Stores Group (C) from QBD decision giving judgement for P & A Swift Investments (P) in the sum of £4,250 together with interest being the rent arrears due under the under lease . By an underlease, premises were leased to a subsidiary of C which as surety , guaranteed the undertenant`s obligations. The original landlords were wound up voluntarily and by a conveyance the leasehold reversion expectant upon the underlease was assigned by the liquidators to P. The conveyance did not contain any specific assignment of the benefit of the surety`s covenant . The undertenant defaulted on the rent for some time and then went into creditors` voluntarily winding up. When C refused to pay the rent P commenced proceedings in QBD to recover it. The judge found for P. On appeal by C by leave of the Appeal Committee, HL held, dismissing the appeal, that where a surety guaranteed by covenant that a tenant would pay the rent, in the event of the tenant`s defaul
650			_aBUSINESS TENANCIES
690			_aLANDLORD AND TENANT-CASE LAW-BUSINESS TENANCIES
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c11422 _d11422