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Frustration of leases: A radical approach
Mark Pawlowski takes a look at the doctrine of frustration as it applies to leases in the light of a recent ruling on whether Brexit frustrates a lease ‘Only if the event is so serious that it goes to the whole foundation of the lease, rendering the leasehold estate worthless or useless, will it amount …
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