Discretion to approve sub-licensing must be exercised in good faith

15-Oct-2007  |  Tim Worden

Lymington Marina v Macnamara and others [2007]

This recent Court of Appeal case emphasises how important it is for parties to a licence to agree the basis on which approval under a licence, be it for sub-licensing, assignment or anything else, may be withheld by a licensor.

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