Court of Appeal success for John de Waal KC and Gemma de Cordova in a case concerning a landlord’s compliance with the obligation to serve offer notices pursuant to section 5 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 and the correct interpretation of section 5A where section 5(3) applies – FSV Freeholders Limited v SGL 1 Limited [2023] EWCA Civ 1318.
John de Waal KC and Gemma de Cordova have obtained a favourable result in the Court of Appeal for their client (“the Respondent”), who acquired the freehold title from the original landlord, who had at first instance been found to have complied with the requirements of sections 5 and 5A of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (“LTA 1987”). This was the tenants’ second appeal.
John and Gemma will be discussing the case in a Brew on Tuesday 21st November 2023.
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