Don’t take any notice – Tenant

1 September 00

Under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, the termination of a tenancy requires both parties to have to play out a carefully timed game of notice and counter-notice in order to preserve their respective rights

Tenant – Flexible friends

21 July 00

A business operating from leasehold property can be put at risk when the lease expires, if the landlord chooses not to renew the lease or demands exorbitant terms for the renewal. The tenant's dependency on the premises and the additional cost of relocation give the landlord a strong hand when…

Duty bound to capitulation

19 May 00

Implications of surrenders on tenants.

The art of lease variation – Tenant

26 November 99

Tenant Varying a lease should not be particularly difficult for a tenant – but only if they avoid the potential pitfalls.

The lease has ended; the litigation has just begun – Tenant

17 September 99

Tenant Not only can there be uncertainty over when a lease actually ends, but the tenant can face heavy penalties if it fails to leave the premises on time

Reaching the milestone of practical completion – Tenant

16 July 99

For the tenant, practical completion is the most important date. Beyond that date it loses its major bargaining counter in the pre-letting agreement

Assignment, disputes and early access – Tenant

18 June 99

Tenant A tenant should aim for flexibility on assignment of the agreement A tenant should not be bound by dispute resolution under the building contract

Leases: obligations, timing, variations

21 May 99

Tenant If problems arise, a tenant should be able to go against the landlord as a single target A tenant must make sure it is kept aware of any delays in the completion of the building

Tenant

23 April 99

Tenants entering into a new lease should investigate the steps the landlord has taken to make sure the building is year 2000 compliant Tenants in multi-let buildings may argue that such works represent improvements, as their costs cannot be included in the service charge

Handling the hazard of land contamination – Tenant

26 February 99

Tenant The contaminated land regime under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, to be brought into force in July 1999, will have sinister consequences for tenants Tenants must beware of widely-drawn indemnity clauses obliging the tenant to compensate the landlord for expenses arising from the state of the property