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Canary Wharf faces appeal in landmark Brexit lease ruling

Keenly watched case centring on tenants’ ability to walk away from office contracts due to Brexit will be reopened

Guido Rasi, executive director of the European Medicines Agency
Guido Rasi, executive director of the European Medicines Agency Photo: Getty Images

A court case over whether office tenants should be allowed to walk away from their leases due to the disruption of Brexit is set to be reopened.

The European Medicines Agency has appealed a case it lost to the Canary Wharf Group about breaking the lease on its London office, according to a spokeswoman for the agency. The appeal was lodged on April 15, the deadline for the EMA to do so.

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