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Majorstake Ltd v Curtis [2008] UKHL 10; [2008] WLR (D) 32

“For the purposes of s 47(2) of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 ‘the premises’ in which a flat was contained was an objectively recognisable space which a visitor would regard as the premises. The combination of the tenant?s flat and the flat immediately below it in a block of 50 flats on nine floors did not comprise ?the premises? in which the tenant?s flat was contained. The landlord?s proposal to redevelop the two flats into a single unit could not therefore defeat the tenant?s right to acquire a new lease.”

WLR Daily, 6th February 2008

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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