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PropertyThursday 6 May 2021

Bank of NY Mellon v Cine-UK Part 1: What’s the damage? Construing rent cesser clauses

Joanne Wicks KC and Daniel Petrides argue for different sides on the rent cesser point arising from this significant case. Does the concept of damage extend beyond “physical damage”? Should one start by looking at the definition of insured risk? Joanne and Daniel cover the arguments from both the landlord’s perspective and the tenant’s perspective in the video below.

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