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Rent arrears Equitable set-off
[2005] EWHC 2158 (QB)
[2005] 43 EG 189 (CS)
Queen's Bench Division
Bean J
20 October 2005
Rent arrears - Equitable set-off - Claim for rent arrears by assignee of reversion - Claim by tenant against previous landlord for defective construction - Whether tenant able to claim set-off in respect of rent arrears accruing after assignment
The defendant was the lessee of a site, the reversion to which was assigned to the claimant. The original lessor had granted the lease pursuant to an agreement under which, as the then owner of the land, it was to construct a factory on the site,...