ON APPEAL FROM THE CENTRAL LONDON COUNTY COURT
HHJ Collender QC
B/01/CL/455
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL |
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B e f o r e :
LORD JUSTICE MCCOMBE
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LORD JUSTICE LINDBLOM
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ROTRUST NOMINEES LIMITED |
Appellant |
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HAUTFORD LIMITED (A COMPANY REGISTERED IN THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS) |
Respondent |
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Tiffany Scott QC (instructed by Thomson Snell and Passmore LLP) for the Respondent
Hearing date : 21 March 2018
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Crown Copyright ©
Sir Terence Etherton MR :
Background
"Not to use the Demised Premises otherwise than for one or more of the following purposes (a) retail shop (b) offices (c) residential purposes (d) storage (e) studio PROVIDED however that nothing herein contained shall imply or be deemed to be a warranty that the Demised Premises may in accordance with all Town Planning Law and Regulations now or from time to time in force be used for the purposes above mentioned."
"To perform and observe all the provisions and requirements of all statutes and regulations relating to Town and Country Planning and not to apply for any planning permission without the prior written consent of the Landlord such consent not to be unreasonably withheld ..."
The proceedings
Judgment
The Appeal
Discussion
"I do not consent to a particular alteration of the plan of the property which enables the defendant to obtain something which was never thought of at the grant of the lease, namely the right to enfranchise or the right to a further lease under the 1993 Act."
Conclusion
Lord Justice McCombe :
Lord Justice Lindblom :