Mexfield Housing Co-operative Ltd v Berrisford – WLR Daily

Posted July 20th, 2010 in appeals, landlord & tenant, law reports, leases by sally

Mexfield Housing Co-operative Ltd v Berrisford [2010] EWCA Civ 811; [2010] WLR (D) 192

“An occupancy agreement containing uncertain terms as to the period of occupation was not capable of creating an interest in land granting a lease of a property in favour of the occupier and was not enforceable in equity. The fact that a person took exclusive possession of the property and agreed to pay and paid rent monthly for the occupation, could create a monthly tenancy so as to bring the tenancy to an end by serving a notice to quit.”

WLR Daily, 19th July 2010

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