PA said he couldn't accept the offer of £150K rent due to the conditions attached to it.
To my knowledge, he has never explained which conditions he objected to. Please correct me if anyone knows any different, as some posts on here appear very confident that they know the reasons. Links would be helpful.
Any offer by ACL had to be for a 10 year lease to fit with FL regulations.
Did he object to the request to stop the JR? Possibly.
Did he object due to conditions in the lease. Again, quite possible.
However, had the offer been made with an additional clause which gave SISU/Otium or whoever the option to buy the freehold for a peppercorn fee in a weeks time, I think we all know that all parties would have managed somehow to come to an agreement, regardless of the legality of that condition in terms of a CVA.
There are always ways round things, as SISU regular show. They appear to be able to push to the limits of the law when it suits. It just didn't suit them at this point.