leases and licences:

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LICENCES:

- To avoid action for trespass (or nuisance) you need a license. HURST V PICTURE THEATRE 1915

- Need a license to put up an advertising hoarding (Kewall Invsts v A Maiden 1990)

- Need a license to use buildings as a social club (Onyx v Beard 1996)

- A license is a personal right NOT proprietary - a right over the land and not an interest over the land 

- License- permission from an owner of land to the licensee to use the land for an agreed purpose. Relevant case- Thomas v Sorrel 1673 

Bare License- given without any consideration from the licencee, invited into someones house - Robson v Hallet 1967, can be withdrawn at any time 

- It is unfair to revoke a licence someone has paid for - Winter Garden Theatre v Millenium Productions 1948

- Street v Mountford 1985- HELD TO BE A LEASE 

LEASES:

In Street v Mountford [1985]

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