Permission to appeal in sale and leaseback test cases
20/12/2010
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UPDATE 16/12/11
This appeal will be heard in the Court of Appeal next week on 19th / 20th December 2011.
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Following the judgment in the sale and leaseback test cases involving North East Property Buyers and nine tenants, permission to appeal has now been granted.
North East Property Buyers Litigation [2010] EWHC 2991 (Ch)
> judgment
Permission to appeal was granted by HHJ Behrens with an extension to lodge by 30th December 2010 - and if an appeal was lodged he has ordered a stay in the test cases and all the other cases in the litigation in Newcastle County Court.
Public funding has now been granted and the appeal will be lodged by that date.
James Stark instructed by David Gray & Co Solicitors led by Jonathan Small QC of Falcon Court Chambers, London will represent all of the test case tenants for the appeal.
Quick links
> 29/11/10 Sale and Rent Back - Priority over charge, Round 1 (NearlyLegal blog) - includes a link to the judgment
