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035			_a(Sirsi) u2300
041			_aeng
245			_aElite Investments Ltd v TI Bainbridge Silencers Ltd
260			_c1986
350			_a0
490			_aEstates Gazette _v280 (6311) 22 November 1986, 1001-1012(7)
520			_aChD 9 May 1986. Injunction, damages and other relief claimed by plaintiff landlords in relation to alleged breaches of repairing covenants by the defendant tenants in respect of leases of two units in an industrial building erected in 1940. The main action concerned the larger of the two units, the roof of which had reached a serious state of dilapidation and needed to be replaced. The tenants disclaimed liability . The main point at issue was whether the replacement of the roof constituted a repair within the scope of the repairing covenant or renewal outside of it. The judge found that 1) the roof was not coated originally, it was left as a galvanised sheet, 2) the bitumastic coating which was on from about 1964 onwards was put on after the galvanising had largely worn off, 3) the roof was deteriorating throughout and was deteriorating at the time of the grant of the leases and 4) by 1984 the roof was beyond patching and needed to be replaced. The tenants` solicitor argued that the
650			_aBREACH OF COVENANT
650			_aHAMILTON V MARTELL SECURITIES LIMITED
650			_aINHERENT DEFECT
690			_aLANDLORD AND TENANT-CASE LAW-BUSINESS TENANCIES
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c1390 _d1390