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Avon Ground Rents Ltd v Canary Gateway (Block A) RTM Co Ltd

Hearings

United Kingdom

16 Dec 2020 [2020] UKUT 358 (LC), UT

England & Wales

30 May 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 616; [2023] 1 WLR 3516; [2024] 1 All ER 1006; [2023] WLR(D) 279, CA (King, Newey, Elisabeth Laing LJJ)

30 Oct 2023 (appn dis) [2023] 1 WLR 4592, SC(E) (Lord Briggs, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt JJSC)

Subject Matter

LANDLORD AND TENANT — Right to manage — Qualifying tenant — Right to manage company seeking to acquire right to manage block of flats — Company giving notice of invitation to participate to shared ownership tenants holding leases granted for terms exceeding 21 years — Whether such tenants “qualifying tenants” by virtue of having “long leases” — Whether shared ownership lease “long lease” if tenant’s total share less than 100% — Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c 15), ss 76(2), 78

[2023] EWCA Civ 616; [2023] 1 WLR 3516; [2024] 1 All ER 1006; [2023] WLR(D) 279, CA

Appellate History

Avon Ground Rents Ltd v Canary Gateway (Block A) RTM Co Ltd [2020] UKUT 358 (LC), UT

Decision of the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) affirmed

Avon Ground Rents Ltd v Canary Gateway (Block A) RTM Co Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 616; [2023] 1 WLR 3516; [2024] 1 All ER 1006; [2023] WLR(D) 279, CA

Commentary

Nearly Legal
Shared Ownership and ‘qualifying tenants’ Case comment

Shared Ownership and Right to Manage Case comment

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