1. Street v Mountford

2. Essential elements of a lease
‘the occupier must be granted exclusive
possession for a fixed or periodic term
certain’

3. Exclusive possession
‘able to exercise the rights of an owner of
land’

4. Objective intention of the parties:
not label they have applied

5. Must the lease be an estate in land?

6. Exceptional cases
 No intention to create legal relations
 Special circumstances which prevent
exclusive possession from creating a
tenancy

7. Exceptional cases
 No intention to create legal relations
 Special circumstances which prevent
exclusive possession from creating a
tenancy