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008			090401t1987 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u4271
041			_aeng
245			_aEvans v Clayhope Properties Ltd
260			_c1987
350			_a0
490			_aWeekly Law Reports _v(1987) 1 WLR 225-231(7)
520			_aChD 3 November 1986. The defendant was the landlord of a block of twenty flats which was in a poor state of repair. Fourteen of the flats were let on long leases under which the tenants had to pay a service charge equal to one twentieth of the cost to the landlord of complying with the covenants to repair the main structure and decorate the common parts. This charge was not payable until the cost had been incurred. A statutory tenant of one of these flats brought an action on behalf of all the tenants claiming specific performance of the landlord`s covenants . During this action the court appointed a receiver and manager to receive the rents and carry out repairs , but the receiver`s expenses exceeded the monies he was appointed to receive. He applied to the ChD for directions as to whether he could recover these expenses from the landlord. Held, refusing the application, that receivers were officers of the court and "must look for their indemnity to the assets which are under the co
650			_aREPAIRING COVENANTS
650			_aPROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT-RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES
690			_aLANDLORD AND TENANT-CASE LAW-RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c2559 _d2559