Cases - Cunliffe v Goodman

Record details

Name

Cunliffe v Goodman

Date

[1950]

Citation

2 KB 237

Legislation

Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

Keywords

Lease renewal - ground (f) - redevelopment

Summary

A provisional desire is not enough. The landlord must have made a definite decision as well as having a reasonable prospect of being able to implement that decision without there being too many hurdles to overcome. 'Intention' will not be proved, if the person professing it has too many hurdles to overcome, or has little control of events.

The court held that the project must have 'moved out of the zone of contemplation - out of the sphere of the tentative, the provisional and exploratory - into the valley of decision'.