Free Grammar School of John Lyon v Helman [2014] EWCA Civ 17.
On 22 January 2014, the Court of Appeal held that the receivers under a charge could not make a claim under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 in the name of a lessee of a house who had been made bankrupt: Free Grammar School of John Lyon v Helman [2014] EWCA Civ 17. The lease had vested automatically in the trustee on bankruptcy under the Insolvency Act and the Land Registration Act, and the lessee did not satisfy the requirement that he had held the lease for two years prior to service of the notice. Anthony Radevsky acted for the successful landlord.
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