References: [1920] 1 Ch 472
Ratio: A vendor of a house was entitled to retain the benefits of payments from a tenant made between contract and completion, because the vendor had sold the house but not yet also the benefit of the lease.
This case is cited by:
- Cited – Englewood Properties Limited v Shailesh Patel, Cornberry Limited ChD (Bailii, [2005] EWHC 188 (Ch), Times 09-Mar-05, [2005] 3 All ER 307, [2005] 1 WLR 1961)
The claimant was a property developer, which sought to sell a row of shops at auction. One lot was a Woolworths store, where the company owned both freehold and leasehold interests, with Woolworths occupying an underlease, which the claimant had . .
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Last Update: 18 March 2019
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