Written notice to quit – address for service – construction of tenancy agreement


Grimes v The Trustees of the Essex Farmers and Union Hunt [2017] EWCA Civ 361

Although this case concerns a tenancy of an agricultural holding – the general principles set out by the Court of Appeal are of general application to service of notices. Regular readers will know that one of our foci is cases concerning the validity of notices served in the landlord and tenant sector. We do so to keep practitioners up to date – which is vital. Most strategies in the sector are founded on a valid notice (or counter-notice) being given in the right form, to the right person at the right address specifying the required information. This case is a good example in which it was held that the notice was not sent to the right address and thus was held to be invalid.