Posted By: Property on 22nd December 2020
Earlier this year, we wrote a blog detailing the temporary moratorium on evictions introduced by section 82 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 in our blog Government moves to provide commercial tenants with further protection. This month, it was...
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Posted By: Property on 27th April 2020
Our article “Commercial Business Lease Rent Payment, Enforcement and COVID-19”, published earlier this month, considers the protection afforded to commercial tenants by the temporary moratorium on evictions introduced by section 82 of the...
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Posted By: Property on 4th April 2020
If you are a Tenant, and you have come to the difficult conclusion that it is no longer viable to continue your Lease (even if you can renegotiate the rental payments), then you may want to consider what “exit” options you have. We have set...
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Posted By: Property on 3rd April 2020
The potential effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic both direct and indirect on businesses and private individuals are numerous; with the impact ranging from mere inconveniences to long-lasting and disastrous. At Bennett Griffin LLP we...
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Posted By: Property on 3rd April 2020
As the famous idiom goes “better the devil you know” – we have considered various ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic could impact a commercial property transaction. Prior to exchange of contracts, parties may experience the following...
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Posted By: Property on 3rd April 2020
Leases commonly include an obligation on the Landlord (or the Tenant, if the whole of a property is leased) to insure against named “Insured Risks” connected to damage and destruction of the Property which in turn can trigger: Rent...
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Posted By: Property on 2nd April 2020
It is not surprising, that many Tenants will be reaching out to their Landlords for a good faith arrangement whereby rent is either temporarily reduced or suspended to tide them over during this uncertain time. A Landlord is not obliged to accept...
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Posted By: Property on 16th April 2019
There are a number of occasions when you may wish to grant rights or be granted rights over property. For example, when selling part of your land, you may wish to retain a right of way over that land for access purposes or you may be willing to...
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Posted By: Property on 12th March 2019
London & Ilford Ltd v Sovereign Property Holdings Ltd EWCA Civ 1618 The above mentioned case, decided in October 2018, highlighted the importance of seeking specialist advice when drafting overage agreements. The judgement related to an...
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Posted By: Property on 12th February 2019
Barrow & another v Kazim & others (2018) EWCA Civ 2414 This case highlighted the importance of checking who can be validly served a section 21 notice in accordance with the Housing Act 1988 (HA 1988) in relation to an assured shorthold...
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