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Essendi UK Hotels 2 Limited v London Property Company Limited
[2026] EWHC 1354 (TCC) | Technology and Construction Court, London
Before His Honour Judge Stephen Davies sitting as a High Court Judge | Heard 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 and 12 March 2026 | Handed down 5 June 2026
Knowledge Check
ACM cladding, the lease covenants and specific performance
This Knowledge Check tests Essendi UK Hotels 2 Limited v London Property Company Limited [2026] EWHC 1354 (TCC). The dispute concerned highly combustible category 3 ACM panels on the tower housing the Ibis London Wembley hotel.
The hotel tenant relied on the landlord's good condition and legal obligations covenants. It also sought damages arising from its decision to close the hotel and an order compelling the landlord to remove and replace the panels.
HHJ Stephen Davies held that the landlord was in breach of both covenants, that the closure was reasonable and caused by those breaches, and that specific performance should be ordered. The separate claim for derogation from grant failed.
This Knowledge Check covers
- The category 3 ACM panels
- The intolerable fire risk
- The hotel closure decision
- The good condition covenant
- The Fire Safety Order 2005
- The legal obligations covenant
- Derogation from grant
- Specific performance and damages
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