Landlord’s Consent - The Knottier Problems Explored

Introduction

In the current economic climate many tenants will seek landlords’ consent to assign, sub-let - possibly to carry out alterations to accommodate change of use.

How reasonable must the landlord be in refusing consent or imposing conditions? This practical webinar offers tips for avoiding and resolving some of the knottier problems that arise, whether acting for landlord or tenant, in handling these applications.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Costs, arrears, guarantors, rent deposits - reasonable conditions without limitation?
• Damage to the landlord’s reversionary interest - is this really a ground for refusal? The view from the Supreme Court in Sequent v Hautford
• ‘Consent not to be unreasonably withheld’ - do the IDF principles always apply?
• Separating good reasons from bad: lessons from the Court of Appeal in No 1 West India Quay

This pre-recorded webinar will be streamed at 12:30pm on Monday 15th February 2021 and will remain available to view by delegates who have registered by then for 90 days.