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Landmark case opens doors on overrenting

12 February 1999

The Law Lords ruled in the case of Christopher Moran Holdings v Bairstow that a company filing for insolvency can instruct its liquidators to dissolve any lease which forces a tenant to pay a rent that is much higher than the market value of the property.

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