Contracting out
This page contains cases dealing with the contracting out provisions of Part II of the 1954 Act. There was a fundamental change in the procedures in…
Business Lease Renewal
Easements on renewal
Easements and rights on lease renewal Some practical points By John Martin Introduction To tenants of most business premises, the right to lease…
Ground (c)
Use or management Flouting the law at the premises Fowles v Heathrow Airport Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1270 Facts This was an application for a new lease. L…
Insolvency of landlord
Application for new lease Landlord in administration Somerfield Stores Limited v Spring (Sutton Coldfield) Limited [2009] EWHC 2384 (Ch) Summary An…
Rent and duration
Introduction Section 33 - Duration of new tenancy. Section 33 is the following terms: "Where on an application under this Part of this Act the court…
Electronic Communications Code
New Electronic Communications Code An overview Article by Thekla Fella, Partner with Fladgate LLP ( www.fladgate.com ). After a long wait, the new…
Ground (b)
Hazel v Akhtar [2001] EWCA Civ 1883 Facts Landlord opposed tenants application for a new lease on grounds (a) and (b) of s30; i.e. disrepair and…
Ground (f)
Relevant statutory provision The ground set out in Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, s30(1)(f) provides: "that on the termination of the current tenancy…
Ground (g)
Introduction Section 30(1)(g) of the 1954 Act provides the following as a ground entitling the landlord to resist an order for a new lease: "that on…
New lease terms (other than rent and duration)
Topics covered on this page are: Introduction The main principles as set out in the leading case of O'May . Variable service charge imposed…
Compensation
This page deals with compensation payable to the tenant in two different sets of circumstances: Where the tenant is unable to obtain a new tenancy…
Registration of claim
Relationship between 1954 Act and the LRA Article : "Get in on the action - and get registered" by Malcolm Dowden, Charles Russell - An interesting…
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