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CENTRAL LONDON PROPERTY TRUST, LTD. v. HIGH TREES HOUSE, LTD.

ByVivek Kumar Verma

Citation(s): [1947] KB 130, [1956] 1 All ER 256, [1946] WN 175 Full Text here Key Words: Estoppel by conduct Facts: High Trees (HT) in this case had leased out a new block of flats from Central London Property Trust (CLP) at a ground rent of £2,500 in 1937. HT faced difficulty in getting tenants for all the…

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Saunders v. Anglia Building Society

ByVivek Kumar Verma

Saunders v. Anglia Building Society [1970] 3 All ER 961 (non-est factum principle) PRINCIPLE: In order for the defense of non-est factum to succeed, the person must show that the transaction which he signed was essentially different in substance or in kind from the one which he purported to sign. Earlier it was thought that this defense could not…