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[2023] WLR(D) 269
Chancery Division
Prescott Place Freeholder Ltd and others v Batin and another
[2023] EWHC 435 (Ch)
2023 Jan 24–27, 30; March 3
Richards J
Landlord and tenant— Lease— Tenants’ right of first refusal— Landlord disposing of reversionary interest to purchaser in breach of statutory duty to give tenants first refusal— Tenants bringing proceedings to obtain order requiring purchaser to dispose of interest to them— Purchaser allegedly granting equitable leases after order obtained— Whether Act precluding creation of interests after grant of order— Whether equitable leases “incumbrance” binding tenants’ nominee on acquisition of reversionary interest— Whether nominee taking free of incumbrance if not raised in County Court when order sought or in related First-tier Tribunal proceedings —
Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (c 31), ss 12B(5), 19