Read the full judgment text of DCCJ 005108/2004 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 14 November 2005.
1. The plaintiff as tenant entered into a tenancy agreement for a shop premises with the defendant as landlord through an estate agent for a fixed term of 2 years. The plaintiff carried out renovation works and used the premises as a café illegally until 6 months later, when his application for a café licence was refused by the government due to the presence of unauthorized structures on the premises. Two of the unauthorized structures were his own works whereas the others were the defendant’s