A rare High Court decision on an unopposed lease renewal under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 has underlined the importance of robust and thorough expert evidence – and the dangers of getting this wrong.
Flanders Community Centre Ltd v Newham London Borough Council concerned the lease renewal of a community centre. The tenant first took a lease of the centre from the Council in 2001. At that time, the centre was in a poor state of repair and the tenant agreed to carry out and fund repair...
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