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terms implied in lawlandlord and tenant
Liverpool City Council v Irwin
[1977] AC 239; [1976] UKHL 1
Key Principle
A term may be implied into a contract as an incident of a particular type of relationship (a term implied in law) where it is a necessary incident of that kind of contract, the test being one of necessity arising from the nature of the contract rather than mere reasonableness.
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