Is sub-letting a building in breach of a lease a continuing breach of the lease?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Coast Hotels Ltd. v. 389079 B.C. Ltd., 1998 CanLII 6806 (BC SC):
In Walrond v. Hawkins (1875), L.R. 10 C.P. 342, it was held that a sub-letting in breach of a lease was not a continuing breach because the lessee, by his agreement with the under-tenant, had precluded himself from interfering with the under-tenant's occupation.
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