Landlords Wins on Rent for Empty Premises

Landlord No Need to Mitigate Loss While Lease Extant
Reichman and another v Gauntlett and another
[2006] EWCA Civ 1659
CA
13 December 2006
Daily Law Notes Summary
Unless it was wholly unreasonable for him to do so, a landlord
suing for rent on an unexpired lease was under no obligation to
mitigate the loss of rent even though the tenant had no further
use for the premises.