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United Kingdom section 25 noticeby conductbusiness tenancies

Free Grammar School of John Lyon v Mayhew

(1997) 29 HLR 719
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Year1999
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A tenant who serves a counter-notice asserting an unwillingness to give up possession and applies to the court for a new tenancy may be estopped by his conduct from later disputing the validity of an otherwise defective landlord's section 25 notice under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.

Area of Law

General

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