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Subletting ‘outside the act’
Question: My tenant wants to sublet its property. I have said it can, provided the sublease excludes the 1954 act. It has threatened to sue me for unreasonably withholding consent. Do I have to agree?
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Subletting hurdles
Question: My landlord would not allow me to sublet at a rent below the market level. I agreed a market rent, but the landlord is now concerned about the financial viability of the subtenant. Can he keep moving the goal posts?
Subletting premises
Question: My tenant has asked me to agree to a subletting of its premises at a lower rent than it is paying. Its solicitors say I have to agree as I will continue to receive the full rent under the main lease. Is that correct?