Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Co (Jersey) Ltd

Subject Matter

LANDLORD AND TENANT — Lease — Construction — Lease containing break clause — Lessee exercising break clause — Whether term to be implied as to apportionment of advance rent payment

[2014] EWCA Civ 603; [2014] 2 EGLR 48; [2014] L & TR 26; [2014] CN 903; [2014] 2 P & CR DG16, CA

LANDLORD AND TENANT — Lease — Apportionability of rent — Commercial lease requiring rent to be paid quarterly in advance — Break clause allowing tenant to terminate lease on specified date — Tenant exercising break clause and claiming repayment of rent paid for period after termination of lease — Whether advance rent payment apportionable in time under general law — Whether term to be implied requiring apportionment — Apportionment Act 1870, s 2

[2015] UKSC 72; [2016] AC 742; [2015] 3 WLR 1843; [2016] 4 All ER 441; 163 Con LR 1; [2016] 1 P & CR 13; [2016] L & TR 8; The Times, 12 December 2015; [2015] WLR (D) 501; [2016] CILL 3779; Case details, SC(E)

CONTRACT — Construction — Implied term — Principles applicable in determining whether terms to be implied into commercial contract — Relevance of well-established, clear and general understanding of position under general law — Extent to which implication of terms matter of construction

[2015] UKSC 72; [2016] AC 742; [2015] 3 WLR 1843; [2016] 4 All ER 441; 163 Con LR 1; [2016] 1 P & CR 13; [2016] L & TR 8; The Times, 12 December 2015; [2015] WLR (D) 501; [2016] CILL 3779; Case details, SC(E)

Appellate History

Commentary

New Law Journal
Not just any contract... (2016) 166 NLJ 7724, p 12

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Standard Incidents - The statutory terms in non-consumer contracts 89.28