The Public and Third Sector Law Reports
[2012] PTSR 69
Supreme Court
Mexfield Housing Co-operative Ltd
v
Berrisford
[2011] UKSC 52
2011 Oct 5,
6;
Nov 9
Lord Hope of Craighead DPSC, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Mance JJSC, Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury MR, Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, Lord Dyson JJSC
Landlord and tenant— Lease— Validity— Occupancy agreement purporting to grant lease from month to month for weekly rent— Agreement providing for determination only in specified limited circumstances— Whether lease invalid as being for uncertain term— Whether taking effect as monthly tenancy— Whether converted into 90-year lease by statutory provision—
Law of Property Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo 5, c 20), s 149(6)[1] (as amended by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c 33), s 81, Sch 8, para 1(3))
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