Articles

In an article for the Woodfall Landlord and Tenant Bulletin, Nat Duckworth KC considers whether an option in a lease is an agreement for a future tenancy within the meaning of s.28 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 at its inception - an issue which the Court of Appeal will shortly consider in Park Cakes Limited v Caterpillar Property Limited - and whether, if not initially, it might become a s.28 agreement when the option is later exercised.

• Nathaniel Duckworth KC

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In this series of articles, we aim to highlight 3 of the most interesting cases in our field decided in the past month. This month: alterations to documents after execution, contractual relations between cohabitees, and timing and redevelopment under the 1954 Act.

• Catherine Taskis KC
• Fern Schofield