Episodes
Wednesday May 13, 2020
On the Case: What the Supreme Court ruling in Duval means for lease covenants
Wednesday May 13, 2020
Wednesday May 13, 2020
Joanne Wicks QC and Emer Murphy of Wilberforce Chambers discuss the significance of the Supreme Court judgment in Duval v 11-13 Randolph Crescent Ltd with EG's deputy legal and professional editor, Jess Harrold.
Wicks and Murphy, who represented the appellant landlord in the case, discuss the court's reasoning, the wider application of the ruling and the issues it will raise for landlords and tenants of blocks of flats. In addition, they address how practitioners may adapt their lease drafting moving forward.
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
On the Case: Duval heads to the Supreme Court
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing of the appeal in Duval v 11-13 Randolph Crescent Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 2298; [2018] PLSCS 177 on 10 October, Laura Bushaway - a knowledge development lawyer at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP - explains the significance of the case to landlord and tenant law.
Duval raises the question: Is a landlord of a block of flats entitled, without breach of covenant, to grant a licence to a lessee to carry out work which would breach an absolute covenant contained in a lease of her flat, where the leases of other flats on similar terms require the landlord to enforce covenants at the request of a lessee of one of those other flats?
Bushaway addresses the arguments involved, how the lower courts have handled the case before now, and the impact the Court of Appeal's judgment will have if ultimately upheld by the Supreme Court.