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Can surrender by operation of law be effected where the tenant has returned the keys and stated the lease has ended in an email to a third party, but there hasn’t been any communication between the landlord and tenant?
Published on: 25 July 2022
It depends on the circumstances. The surrender must be accepted by the landlord. So, if the tenant has returned the keys to the landlord and the landlord refuses to accept the keys then
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