Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd KB 130, commonly called High Trees, is a leading opinion in the High Court relating to contract law. It reaffirmed and extended the doctrine of
High Trees House in Clapham, London
Hughes v Metropolitan Railway Co is a House of Lords case considered unremarkable for many years until it was resurrected in 1947 by Denning J in the case of Central London Property Trust Ltd v High T
Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd
…1940. They then brought a test action to recover part of the debt for the two quarters which had elapsed since June 1945. Based on previous judgments as Hughes v Metropolitan Railway Co, Denning J held that the full rent was payable from the time that the flats became fully occupied in mid-1945. However, he continued in an obiter…
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Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns gave the leading judgment.