Sara & Hossein Asset Holdings Ltd v Blacks Outdoor Retail Ltd

Hearings

19 May 2020 [2020] EWHC 1263 (Ch); [2020] L & TR 30, Ch D (Kelyn Bacon QC sitting as a deputy High Court judge)

13 Nov 2020 [2020] EWCA Civ 1521; [2021] 2 P & CR 18; [2021] L & TR 10, CA (David Richards, Newey, Arnold LJJ)

15 Feb 2022 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court given in part

18 Jan 2023 [2023] UKSC 2; [2023] 1 WLR 575; [2023] 2 All ER 1063; [2023] WLR(D) 30, SC(E) (Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Briggs, Lord Kitchin, Lord Sales, Lord Hamblen JJSC)

Subject Matter

LANDLORD AND TENANT — Lease — Construction

[2020] EWHC 1263 (Ch); [2020] L & TR 30, Ch D

LANDLORD AND TENANT — Covenant — Service charge — Lease providing that landlord’s certificate as to “sum payable by” tenant by way of service charge conclusive — Whether certificate conclusive as to tenant’s liability to pay service charge

[2023] UKSC 2; [2023] 1 WLR 575; [2023] 2 All ER 1063; [2023] WLR(D) 30, SC(E)

Appellate History

Sara & Hossein Asset Holdings Ltd v Blacks Outdoor Retail Ltd [2020] EWCA Civ 1521; [2021] 2 P & CR 18; [2021] L & TR 10, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed

Sara & Hossein Asset Holdings Ltd v Blacks Outdoor Retail Ltd [2023] UKSC 2; [2023] 1 WLR 575; [2023] 2 All ER 1063; [2023] WLR(D) 30, SC(E)

Commentary

RPC Perspectives
A matter of interpretation – the Supreme Court look at contractual interpretation once more Case comment

UK Supreme Court Blog
New Judgment: Sara & Hossein Asset Holdings Ltd (a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands) v Blacks Outdoor Retail Ltd [2023] UKSC 2 Case comment

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