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035 _a(Sirsi) u14252
041 _aeng
245 _aR & A Millett (Shops) Ltd v Leon Allan International Fashions Ltd
260 _c1988
350 _a0
490 _aEstates Gazette
_v(8813) 2 April 1988, 50-56(3)
520 _aChD 2 December 1987 Originating summons in which R & A Millett (Shops) Ltd (M) sought determination of the true construction of rent provisions in an underlease held by Leon International Fashions Ltd (L). The rent formula in the underlease fixed the rent payable as the fraction of 78/85 of the rent of the superior lease, which provided for rent review s. The explanation of the fraction was that the underlease did not demise the whole property comprised in the superior lease. The event which gave rise to the problem of construction was surrender of the superior lease in the pursuance of a leaseback arrangement in which the superior lease property and certain others were included in a new lease. The new superior lease was stated to be subject to and with the benefit of the underlease. L argued that surrender ended operation of the rent formula; as the original superior lease had ceased to exist the formula could no longer be invoked to quantify the rent of the underlease. M argued tha
650 _aBUSINESS TENANCIES
650 _aCONSTRUCTION OF UNDERLEASE
650 _aRENT DETERMINATION
690 _aLANDLORD AND TENANT-CASE LAW-RENT REVIEWS
942 _n0
948 _c04/03/1997
999 _c9262
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