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16 April 2010
Issue: 7413 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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Landlord & tenant

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Hilmi & Associates Ltd v 20 Pembridge Villas Freehold Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 314, [2010] All ER (D) 279 (Mar)

Section 36A of the Companies Act 1989 (since repealed) had prescribed how a company registered under the Companies Act could itself sign a document which was required for a formal legal purpose. A notice attempting to exercise a statutory right to acquire the freehold of a property pursuant to s 13 or s 42 of the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 was such a document.
 

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