Landlord And Tenant: Much obliged

Graham Fife reviews the decision in Ridgewood v Valero and its implications for landlord’s obligations ‘Parties negotiating to receive an option which includes positive obligations from the landowner should consider including a covenant by the landowner not to dispose of the property without procuring a direct covenant from the disponee to the beneficiary.’ The High …
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Construction Of Contracts: Unfavourable bargains

A recent case has demonstrated that the courts will not construe a contract so as to re-write an unfavourable bargain, as Nikolas Ireland finds out It is clear that, while the court is able to look elsewhere for assistance in the event of ambiguity in a document, and can correct a document where the parties …
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