In this episode of Tanfield Talks, Daniel Dovar and Will Beetson explore some of the more recent(ish) cases on landlord’s grounds of opposition under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. All cases referred to in this episode are cited below.

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Cases mentioned

• Gill v Lees News Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 1178
• Betty’s Cafés Ltd v Phillips Furnishing Stores Ltd [1959] AC 20
• S Franses Ltd v The Cavendish Hotel (London) Ltd [2018] UKSC 62
• McDonald’s Restaurants Ltd v Shirayama Shokusan Company Ltd [2024] EWHC 1133 (Ch)

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