The Weekly Law Reports
[1977] 2 WLR 450
[HOUSE OF LORDS]
TOWN INVESTMENTS LTD. AND OTHERS RESPONDENTS AND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT APPELLANT
1976 Dec. 13,
14,
15,
16;
1977 Jan. 10;
March 2
1977 Jan. 10;
March 2
Lord Diplock, Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest, Lord Simon of Glaisdale, Lord Kilbrandon and Lord Edmund-Davies
Crown
— Minister
— Relationship of Crown to
— Lease granted to minister “for and on behalf of Her Majesty”
— Whether minister tenant
— Whether holding as trustee for Crown
— Premises used to accommodate civil servants
— Whether occupation by “Crown” or “government”
Landlord and Tenant
— Rent
— Counter-inflation
— Demise to Secretary of State for Environment
— Premises provided and serviced by Department of Environment for other government departments
— Whether occupied by tenant for purposes of “business” carried on by him
—
Counter-Inflation (Business Rents) Order 1972 (S.I. 1972 No. 1850), art. 2 (2)
—
Counter-Inflation (Business Rents) Order 1973 (S.I. 1973 No. 741), art. 2 (2)