DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT) SECRET 7TH JUNE, 1944 WAR CABINET LORD PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE LEASES FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR Memorandum by the Lord Chancellor and the Attorney General 1. The Court of Appeal in of Lace V. Chandler This decision are void. questioned) follows be law that a lease must be for a term certain, and that the duration of the term must be capable of ascertainment at the time when the lease is entered into. No one knows when the war will end, and any lease granted for a term which is expressed to end on some date referable to the end of the war infringes the rule of law and is void.
- Civil Defence Region
- Nationwide
- Collection ID
- CAB71
- Document Reference
- CAB 71/16/102
- Document Types
- Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 71/16
- Former Department Reference
- LP(44) 100
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.cab71.000016.102
- Keywords
- Housing Law Rental Properties Standard of Living
- Language
- English
- Organizations Discussed
- Attorney General's Office Lord President's Committee
- Pages
- 2
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Series
- Papers Nos. 1(44) - 100(44)
- Themes
- Domestic Life Housing Living Conditions
