The WLR Daily case summaries
[2013] WLR (D) 40
Vendor and purchaser— Vendor’s covenant— Enforceability— Parties entering into agreements in three phases for development of sites owned by defendant— — Phase I agreements granting first claimant building leases on condition that planning permission granted— — Phase II and III agreements granting claimant options to take building leases— — Defendant transferring sites to third parties— — Whether defendant able to comply with contracts and options following transfer of sites— — Whether option or grant of lease subject to condition precedent “agreement for a tenancy”— — Whether statute operating to pass burden of agreements to third parties— — Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 (c30), ss 1(6), 28(1)