Q&As
Is it possible by agreement (on the grant of a lease) to substitute the compensation provisions in the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (assuming termination is on ground(s) giving rise to the right to compensation) with terms that determine the sum payable in a manner agreed (at grant) between the parties?
Published on: 29 April 2020
The difficulty with this arrangement is that it could fall foul of section 38(2) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954) which will make the Agreement void.
LTA 1954, s 38(2) provides:
‘Where—
(a) during the whole of the five years immediately preceding the date on which the tenant under a tenancy to which this Part of this Act applies is to
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