1954 Act Renewal Terms - Lessons Learned from Recent Case Law

Introduction

What impact has coronavirus had on the terms of a tenant’s renewal lease under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 - and has that impacted on the courts ‘regard to the terms of the current tenancy and to all relevant circumstances’?

This webinar looks at the changing demands of tenants on renewing their leases and draws practical lessons from recent cases.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Pandemic rent suspension clauses: does ‘essential fairness’ demand it or too much of a change in the parties ‘risks, obligations and benefits’?
• Service charges, MEES - the courts’ attitude in WH Smith v Commerz & Poundland v Toplain
• Tenants’ break rights - will they be inserted, and how? Lessons from Vodafone, Iceland and Dukeminster
• Why interim rent is the current ‘hot topic’ and what that means for clients and the current approach of the courts on turnover rents and rent reviews

This webinar was recorded on 1st June 2022