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Break Clauses: Precision is key
Will the latest Court of Appeal decision leave tenants at breaking point? Helen Pickard considers the recent case of Friends Life βIn Friends Life, Lewison LJ determined that while the meaning of the notice was clear and correct in all regards, the form of notice was non-compliant. There had to be strict compliance and, on …
Cases Referenced
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- Cusack v London Borough of Harrow [2011] EWCA Civ 1514; [2013] UKSC 40
- Friends Life Ltd v Siemens Hearing Instruments Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 382
- Garston v Scottish Widows Fund & Life Assurance Society [1996] 1 WLR 834; [1998] EWCA Civ 1091
- Gurney (HMIT) v Petch [1994] EWCA Civ 9
- Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1997] UKHL 28
- Peer Freeholds Ltd v Clean Wash International Ltd [2005] EWHC 179 (Ch)
- PHRJ Newbold & ors v The Coal Authority [2013] EWCA Civ 584
- Proctor & Gamble Technical Centres Ltd v Brixton plc [2002] EWHC 2835 (Ch)
- United Dominions Trust (Commercial) Ltd v Eagle Aircraft Services [1968] 1 WLR 74
- United Scientific Holdings Ltd v Burnley Borough Council [1978] AC 904
- Yates Building Company Ltd v RJ Pulleyn & Sons (York) Ltd [1975] 237 EG 183