Alan Cooklin on the lack of escape for guarantors. Alan Cooklin is a former barrister.
Granted in 1976 and subsequently assigned and re-assigned, the 20-year business lease considered in Cheverell Estates v Harris & Haddon (unreported 31 July 1997) fell outside the main provisions of the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995, these being inapplicable to leases granted before 1 January 1996. For the two defendants, distant memories were painfully […]