[2024] UKUT 371 (LC)

Case No: LC-2024-194

AN APPEAL AGAINST A DECISION OF THE FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL (PROPERTY CHAMBER)

FTT REF: LON/00BB/LSC/2023/0024

Royal Courts of Justice, Strand,

London WC2A 2LL

20 November 2024

TRIBUNALS, COURTS AND ENFORCEMENT ACT 2007

LANDLORD AND TENANT – BREACH OF COVENANT – conversion of building into flats without planning consent – whether term to be implied into lease that tenant would comply with legal obligations – s.168, Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 – appeal allowed

BETWEEN:

ASSETHOLD LIMITED

Appellant

-and-

INTERFACE PROPERTIES LIMITED

Respondent

309 Barking Road,

London E13

Martin Rodger KC, Deputy Chamber President

19 November 2024

Sam Madge-Wyld, instructed by Scott Cohen Solicitors, for the appellant

James Sandham, instructed by Lester Dominic Solicitors, for the respondent

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The following cases are referred to in this decision:

Attorney General of Belize v Belize Telecom Ltd [2009] UKPC 10; [2009] 1 WLR 1988

BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings (1977) 180 CLR 266; [1977] UKPC 13

Daejan Investments Ltd v Benson [2013] UKSC 14; [2013] 1 WLR 854

Marks & Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust (Jersey) Ltd [2015] UKSC 72

Philips Electronique Grand Public v British Sky Broadcasting [1995] EMLR 472