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Complete destruction
of the premises is complete - nothing remaining, the subject-matter or thing leased no longer existing then the liability of the tenant for rent ceases or extinguishes. ... Thus, it has been held that the destruction of … pay rent through the accidental destruction of the building demised to him presupposes that some part of the premises remains in existence for occupation by the tenant, irrespective of the destruction. If the destruction of the premises
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Book of account
in a hotel can be treated as a book of accounts, the entry therein cannot become the sole premise to charge a person with liability, Manish Dixit v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 2001 SC 93 (97): (2001)
Impossibility
liable for the breach; thus, where a lessee covenants to repair and to leave in repair the demised premises he is not discharged from his liability because they happen to be destroyed [see Bullock v. Dommitt, (1796)
Wharfinger
for warehousing the goods, imported into the Port of London, of persons other than the occupier of such premises. See also Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, s. 492. Wharfingers, who transport goods of their customers by lighter from … s. 492. Wharfingers, who transport goods of their customers by lighter from importing ships, do not come under liability as common carriers, Consolidated Tea, etc., Co. v. Oliver's Wharf, (1910) 2 KB 395. As a rule, they
Common duty of care
Common duty of care, terms: (1) An occupier of premises owes the same duty, the 'common duty of care' to all his visitors, except insofar as he is … or permitted by the occupier to be there, Maguire v. Sefton MBA (CA), (2006) 1 WLR 2550 [Occupier's Liability Act, 1957, sub-s. 2(1) and (2)].
Inevitable accident
be avoided: used in leases together with fire or tempest as a cause of destruction of the demised premises excusing the payment of rent or an omission by the lessee to repair. The expression is also very … repair. The expression is also very commonly used in covenants for production of documents, exempting the covenator from liability in the event of destruction by fire or other inevitable accident; but as pointed out by Mr. Davidson,
Destruction of buildings
buildings that may subsequently be erected on it. But the complete destruction of the whole of the dismissed premises, as where an upper-floor flat is destroyed by fire, produces problems that yet have to be solved. One … have to be solved. One view is that the tenancy would come to an end, and with its liability on the covenants, for there would no longer be any physical entity which the tenant could hold of
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