Have your cake and eat it: Caterpillar Properties v Park Cakes
About this episode
Richard and Lizzie discuss the fast-tracked Court of Appeal judgment regarding a lease renewal case involving Caterpillar Properties and Park Cakes.
In this episode, Richard and Lizzie unpack the Court of Appeal’s remarkably fast-tracked judgment handed down on 13th May, following the original County Court decision on 20th March. The case raises a fascinating and largely untested argument under section 28 of the 1954 Act: can an option to renew amount to an agreement for lease, taking it outside the protection of the Act altogether? Richard discusses the background facts, why the appeal moved through the courts so rapidly, what the Court...
People in this episode
Host: Richard
Guest: Lizzie
Topics covered
- real estate law
- court decisions
- lease agreements
- legal arguments
- property rights
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Caterpillar Properties, Park Cakes
Books & works: section 28 of the 1954 Act
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