The Law Reports (Chancery Division)
[2011] Ch 244
Court of Appeal
Mexfield Housing Co-operative Ltd
v
Berrisford
[2010] EWCA Civ 811
2010 March 25;
July 15
Mummery, Wilson, Aikens LJJ
Landlord and tenant— Lease— Validity— Occupancy agreement purporting to grant lease for uncertain term— Lease void for uncertainty— Whether agreement enforceable in equity— Whether agreement creating contractual licence— Whether periodic tenancy created
Law reform— Whether necessary— Rule that leasehold term cannot be uncertain— Whether desirable for Parliament to re-examine rule