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Forfeiture of a leaseWhen can a landlord exercise the right to forfeit a lease?Forfeiture is a landlord’s right to bring a lease to an end as a result...
Specific performance of property agreementsIf a party to a property agreement fails to comply with its obligations, the other party may wish to apply...
Can a tenant retract a notice to quit previously served to exercise a break clause in an assured shorthold tenancy before expiry of the notice?Whether...
Occupiers’ liabilityOccupiers' Liability Act 1957Under the Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 (OLA 1957), an occupier of property owes a common law duty of...
If a notice, to which section 196 LPA 1925 applies (eg notice to sever a joint tenancy), has not been served in accordance with section 196, is this fatal to the validity of the notice or does the fact that the notice has come to the attention of the intended recipient make the notice?Severance of
Break clauses and notices—exercising breaks and conditions precedentThis Practice Note explains, in the context of both residential and business leases, what a break clause is, when it may be exercised (including interpretation of common deadlines for when to serve a break notice and the meaning of
Does section 196 of the Law of Property Act 1925 apply to service of a break notice where a lease does not make any provision as to as to method of service? Is there any guidance as to what ‘required’ or ‘authorised’ means in the context of section 196?This Q&A raises the circumstances in which
A lease provides that the rules regarding service of notices under section 196 of the Law of Property Act 1925 will apply to any notices served under the lease. Where a break notice is served by a landlord by first class post only at the tenant’s place of business, rather than the premises or
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