Official Custodian for Charities v Parway Estates Developments Ltd

Subject Matter

COMPANY — Winding up — Notice — Lease providing for forfeiture on company's liquidation — Public notification of winding up in London Gazette — Whether constructive notice to all persons dealing with company — European Communities Act 1972, s 9(4)

[1985] Ch 151; [1984] 3 WLR 525

LANDLORD AND TENANT — Forfeiture of lease — Relief from forfeiture — Provision for forfeiture on tenant's liquidation — Appointment of receiver three years before liquidation — Whether landlord's knowledge of receivership and demand for rent amounting to waiver of forfeiture — Subsequent compulsory winding up and appointment of liquidator — Notification in London Gazette — Whether notification to whole world — Whether relief from forfeiture available to tenant — European Communities Act 1972, s 9(4) — Law of Property Act 1925, s 146(2)(10)

[1985] Ch 151; [1984] 3 WLR 525