Commercial premises – purported assignment – estoppel – liability of original tenant – surrender by operation of law

Lankester & Son Ltd v Rennie [2014] EWCA Civ 1515 (2 December 2014)

This case turns mostly on its facts but it raises a practical issue of the implications for a landlord accepting rent from a party occupying the premises who is not the tenant and in some respects treating that party as if it were the tenant.