Commercial Landlord & Tenant
Anti-competitive practice and land agreements
The cost-of-living crisis has made the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMAs) recent investigation into supermarkets’ land agreement practices even more important….
COVID-19 Rental Arrears
In the case of A Company, Re, a commercial tenant failed to challenge a winding up petition brought by its landlord for…
Room for improvement in drawn out property disputes
The system encourages and assists delays in the progress of landlord-tenant cases, writesSteven Ross…
Get your ducks in a row: Drafting rent review provisions in leases
Rent review provisions in a lease set out the terms on which the annual rent payable will be reviewed. The way in…
Companies face even tougher times ahead as remaining temporary insolvency measures come to an end
At the start of the pandemic, the Government enacted the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (CIGA) in order to introduce a…
Houses in Multiple Occupation – Landlords Overturn Rent Repayment Order
Landlords who rent out houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) without a required licence are exposed to the double whammy of criminal prosecution…
Is Your Lease Under Threat of Forfeiture? Don’t Delay Consulting a Solicitor
Tenants who fail to pay their rent on time place themselves in real danger of having their leases forfeited. As a Court of…
Break Clauses in Commercial Leases – What Does ‘Vacant Possession’ Mean?
Commercial leases frequently stipulate that premises are to be handed back to the landlord ‘with vacant possession’ – but what…
Deemed Commercial Tenancy Inferred from Possession and Payment of Rent
Even in the absence of a formal lease, the existence of a tenancy can in some cases be inferred from an occupier’s exclusive…