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Bewley’s upward-only rent judgment

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Senator Norris welcomes the High Court judgment in favour of Bewley’s, arguing that it reopens the constitutional and policy debate over upward-only rent reviews.

David P.B. Norris Senator David Norris Independent

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I welcome the judgment of Mr. Justice Peter Charleton in the High Court yesterday upholding a claim from the proprietors of Bewley's that they should not be tied into the upward-only rent review. I have been raising this subject for many years and I think this is a significant judgment which blows a hole in the Government's argument that there is nothing they could do about it for constitutional reasons. It will be interesting to see if there is a challenge.

Turning to the question of Cyprus, Senator Conway is right - we do stand revealed, but not in the heroic way he thinks. We stand revealed as forelock touchers to our new masters in Europe. I notice that the head of the Eurogroup, Mr. Dijsselbloem, says that the Cyprus plan provides a blueprint for-----

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David P.B. Norris Senator David Norris Independent

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