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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...
Derogation from grant and the covenant for quiet enjoymentThe rule against derogation from grant applies in addition to any obligation of quiet enjoyment. It is not excluded by an express covenant for quiet enjoyment. There is a substantial overlap between the two, but there is a fundamental
Quick guide to tenant remedies for landlord’s breach of leaseThis Practice Note gives brief details of the main remedies available to tenants to deal with a breach of covenant by the landlord, or interference with the tenant’s rights. These include remedies to deal with a specific breach, such as an
Incoming tenant’s liability for pre-existing breachesThis Practice Note sets out the liability of an incoming tenant, on assignment of a lease, for pre-existing breaches of a lease committed by its predecessor. It covers the consequences for the incoming tenant in respect of continuing and
Tenant’s remedies for unreasonable withholding of consent—assignment and underlettingThis Practice Note explains the remedies available to a tenant who has applied for consent to assign or underlet in circumstances where consent is not to be unreasonably withheld, and the landlord has unreasonably
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