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Billson v Residential Apartments Ltd

[1992] 1 AC 494
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtUK House of Lords
Year1992
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Court retains jurisdiction to grant relief from forfeiture of a lease even after the landlord has effected peaceable re-entry without a court order.

Key Principle

relief from forfeiture; court has jurisdiction even after peaceable re-entry

Area of Law

Property

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