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035 _a(Sirsi) u70444
041 _aeng
245 _aLittle Hayes Nursing Home Limited v Marshall
260 _c1993
350 _a0
490 _aProperty and Compensation Reports
_v(1993) 66 PCR 90-105(7)
520 _aChD 17 February 1993. The plaintiff (L) was the assignee of a lease of a property which was used as a guest house for the elderly. The defendants (M) were the landlords. The original lessees had ceased to operate the guesthouse before it was assigned to L. The local authority agreed to let L reopen the home subject to certain work being carried out. The lease granted an option for the lessee to acquire the freehold and L exercised this. The sale was to be at open market value however a dispute arose as to the basis of valuation. M contended that it should be valued on the basis that the previous assignees had held with the covenant to repair and redecorate. L contended it should be on the basis of the current state of the property. M also claimed that for the calculation based on the number of beds this should be taken as 25 the maximum allowed under the lease and also costs of works to restore the building to use as a guesthouse shoule not be deducted. It was held that a party to a
650 _aALGHUSSEIN ESTABLISHMENT V ETON COLLEGE
650 _aBREACH OF COVENANT
650 _aCOVENANTS
650 _aGUEST HOUSES
650 _aOPEN MARKET VALUE
650 _aREGISTERED HOMES ACT 1984
650 _aRIGHT TO BUY
690 _aPROPERTY LAW AND PRACTICE-CASE LAW
942 _n0
948 _c04/03/1997
999 _c44303
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