Drafting note for claim form for tenant’s lease renewal (where landlord opposes)

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Drafting note for claim form for tenant’s lease renewal (where landlord opposes)

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Produced in partnership with Victoria Jones of Freeths

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Introduction

A claim for a new tenancy under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954), where the landlord is opposing it, is made using Form N1. These drafting notes are for use in conjunction with Form N1 only.

Other precedents

For other relevant precedents, see:

  1. •

    Directions—opposed LTA 1954 business lease renewal

  2. •

    Landlord’s defence opposing tenant’s claim for a lease renewal

General points

These drafting notes are designed to assist in completing form N1, which is the claim form where a tenant of business premises wishes to apply for the renewal of a tenancy pursuant to LTA 1954 and the landlord is opposing it.

The Part 7 procedure applies to opposed lease renewal proceedings.

Evidence needs to be filed as the court directs, with the landlord filing their evidence first.

The claim can be issued in any County Court hearing centre, but if the County Court hearing centre where it is issued is not that which serves the address where the land is situated, the court will send it to the hearing centre serving that

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What does Claim mean?

The formal assertion of a cause of action by one person (the claimant) against another (the defendant).

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