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Lace v Chantler

[1944] KB 368; [1944] 1 All ER 305 (CA)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtCourt of Appeal (England and Wales)

Year1944

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A lease must have a certain maximum duration ascertainable at its commencement; a term granted 'for the duration of the war' is void for uncertainty.

Buckinghamshire County Council v Moran [1990] Ch 623; [1989] EWCA Civ 11; [1989] 2 All ER 225 (CA)

Ashburn Anstalt v Arnold [1988] EWCA Civ 14; [1989] Ch 1; [1988] 2 All ER 147 (CA)

Lyus v Prowsa Developments Ltd [1982] 1 WLR 1044; [1982] 2 All ER 953

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