Commercial Leases
Contract – Overage agreement – Interpretation
Sovereign Property Holdings Ltd v London & Ilford Ltd [2017] EWHC 1773 (Ch) (Warren J) (24 July 2017)
This is a case on construction of an agreement concerning overage. Such agreements have given rise to a number of issues in
recent times. It appears that they present particular drafting problems. We highlight this case to raise awareness, because
it is a good example of a drafting problem.