Business lease – tenant insolvency – disclaimer by trustee in bankruptcy of one of two joint tenants – effect


Abdulla v Whelan and others (as trustee in bankruptcy of Sarah Omer Hassan Amin), (2) Walter Terence Weir, (3) David Ansell and (4) Sarah Omer Hassan Amin [2017] EWHC 605 (Ch) (John Male QC sitting as a Deputy Judge) (20 April 2017)


In this case the trustee in bankruptcy of one of two joint tenants gave notice to the landlord to disclaim the lease. The issue for the judge was the effect (if any) of that notice.