| Moreover, it is unfair to ask the defendant to take into account the commercial expectations of people with whom he or she is not in privity. |
| Under the doctrine of privity, a contract creates rights and responsibilities for the parties to the contract, but for no-one else. |
| Presumably, rights under the tenancy could be assigned, but the transfer of burdens would be ruled out by the privity of contract rules. |
| Immediate parties are those who, in addition to the privity created by the bill, have a direct legal relationship with each other. |
| The definition of owner includes any person having an interest in the premises at whose request and with whose privity or consent an improvement is made to the premises. |
| In other words privity of estate arises when there is a relationship of landlord and tenant between the parties. |
