A letter offering to permit a lessee to remain in occupation until a specified date, subject to observing lease covenants, is properly construed as an offer of a fixed term, not merely a promise not to terminate a weekly tenancy. Clause 23.2 of a lease acknowledging the lessor as 'beneficial owner' of a hotelier's licence has no effective operation because a hotelier's licence is not property. However, a clause requiring transfer back of licences at the end of a lease encompasses poker machine entitlements allocated to the licence, though it does not restrict dealing with entitlements during the lease term.
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