The Law Reports (Chancery Division)
[2016] Ch 586
EMI Group Ltd
v
O & H Q1 Ltd
[2016] EWHC 529 (Ch)
2015 Dec 1;
2016 March 16
Amanda Tipples QC
Landlord and tenant— Covenant— Assignment of lease— Tenant purporting to assign tenancy to guarantor— Whether purported assignment void— Whether assignment valid but tenant’s covenants in lease void and unenforceable against assignee—
Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 (c 30), ss 3(2), 5(2), 24(2), 25(1)