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Ashburn Anstalt v Arnold

[1988] EWCA Civ 14; [1989] Ch 1; [1988] 2 All ER 147 (CA)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division), England and Wales
Year1988
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

Rent is not essential to the creation of a tenancy; a determinable arrangement (terminable on a sufficiently certain event such as a quarter's notice) can be a valid lease, and a contractual licence does not generally bind third parties save where a constructive trust arises.

Area of Law

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