Business Law: Gumland Property Holdings Pty Limited v Duffy Bros Fruit Market & East v Maurer

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Table of Contents
PART C...........................................................................................................................................2
Gumland Property Holdings Pty Limited v Duffy Bros Fruit Market (Campbelltown) Pty
limited [2008] HCA 10; 234 CLR 237........................................................................................2
Issue.........................................................................................................................................2
Rule..........................................................................................................................................2
Application..............................................................................................................................4
Conclusion...............................................................................................................................4
PART D...........................................................................................................................................7
East v Maurer [1991] 2 All ER 733.............................................................................................7
Issue.........................................................................................................................................7
Rule..........................................................................................................................................7
Application..............................................................................................................................9
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................10

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PART C
Gumland Property Holdings Pty Limited v Duffy Bros Fruit Market
(Campbelltown) Pty limited [2008] HCA 10; 234 CLR 237
Issue
Termination of a commercial lease due to the failure of payment by the lessee because of
expiration of the sub-lease for which it was responsible.
Rule
A tenant must comply with the terms and condition of the commercial lease. A
commercial lease lays down the rights and duties of the lessor and the lessee, the former is the
owner of the property while the latter has agreed to lease that property. It is the primary rule of
any form of tenancy that a tenant or a lessee would pay the rent amount without failure 1. In
general, commercial leases are prepared on different bases, like:
 Base rent, without outgoings;
 Base rent, without outgoings;
 Base rent, with a sales percentage
 Rent along with fixed percentage, market review based on CPI measure2.
1 Collins, Toni Leah. "The doctrine of frustration, commercial leases and the Canterbury earthquakes." (2016).
2 Duncan, William D., and Sharon A. Christensen. Commercial leases in Australia. Thosmson Reuter, 2017.