Essentials of a lease

Question 1

Street v Mountford [1985] A.C.908

Answer 1

The tenant has exclusive possession – the right to occupy the premises and exclude all others including the landlord

Question 2

Lace v Chantler [1944] K.B. 368

Answer 2

Granted for a fixed term (eg 1 week, 6 months, 999 years) and not for an uncertain period (eg someone’s life or ‘for the duration of the war