When Central London Property Trust v High Trees House was called on for hearing, few of those involved, including counsel, would have expected it to be anything other than a fairly ordinary landlord and tenant case. Lord Denning had other ideas.

Paul Burton selects the influential decision as one of his favourite cases.

Read the full case summary here.

Central London Property Trust v High Trees House is reported at reported at [1947] 1 K.B. 130

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