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041			_aeng
245			_aNikko Hotels UK Ltd v MEPC plc
260			_c1991
350			_a0
490			_aEstates Gazette _v(1991) 28 EG 86-100(7)
520			_aChD 21 March 1991. Concerned the construction of a rent review clause in a lease. The expert, a chartered accountant, decided in favour of the construction contended for by the landlords and the decision was challenged by the tenants. The case centred around the principles governing the challenge to a decision of an expert, and the Judge was bound by the CA decision in Jones v Sherwood Computer Services Ltd . The formula for calculation of the reviewed rent produced by the tenants relied upon a calculation based upon the average room rate ; the rent produced being £422,359.15. The rent contended by the landlords was based on room prices made available to the public, which produced a rent of £597,315.14. The tenants took out an originating summons challenged the experts determination, maintaining it was a nullity as based on a misconstruction of the expression "average room rate". Applying the principles of the Jones case, the question was whether the expert had assessed the wrong sub
650			_aABSALOM V GREAT WESTERN LONDON GARDEN VILLAGE SOCIETY
650			_aBURGESS V PURCHASE AND SONS FARMS LTD
650			_aCONSTRUCTION OF CLAUSE
650			_aHOTELS
650			_aLAW CASE
650			_aRE DAVSTONE ESTATES
650			_aRENT REVIEWS
690			_aLANDLORD AND TENANT-CASE LAW-RENT REVIEWS
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c31015 _d31015