The Weekly Law Reports
[2008] 2 WLR 338
House of Lords
Majorstake Ltd
v
Curtis
[2008] UKHL 10
2007 Nov 15;
2008 Feb 6
2008 Feb 6
Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Scott of Foscote, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Baroness Hale of Richmond and Lord Carswell
Landlord and tenant— Leasehold enfranchisement— Adjoining properties— Tenant of flat claiming right to acquire new lease— Landlord resisting new lease on ground of intention to redevelop premises in which flat contained— Landlord’s intention to combine tenant’s flat with flat below to form duplex apartment— Whether two flats together “any premises in which the tenant’s flat is contained”—
Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c 28), s 47