Cornwall Park Trust Board Inc v Chen - [2016] 2 NZLR 637

Landlord and tenant — Lease — Interpretation of “Glasgow lease” — Whether Board estopped from claiming upset rent — Whether lessee liable to pay upset rent.

Landlord and tenant — Lease — Repair covenants — Extent of lessee’s repair obligations — Whether covenants implied in lease negatived — Whether lessee liable for repair costs — Whether cost recovery for some items wrong — Proper measure of damages — Whether defence of estoppel should be allowed in relation to claim for repair costs — “Glasgow leases” — Property Law Act 1952, ss 68, 104A, 106 and 116D.