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Commercial Leases

Terminal dilapidations claim – silence treated as a refusal to mediate – costs consequences

PGF II SA v OMFS Co 1 Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 1288 (23 October 2013)
Online Published Date:  02 December 2013

Contract for the sale of land – forged signature – ratification – specific performance

Simpole v Chee (Unreported) (Chancery Division) (Klein J) (11 November 2013)
Online Published Date:  02 December 2013

Forfeiture – possession order – application to set aside judgment

Grimason v Cates [2013] EWHC 2304 (QB) (Griffith Williams, J)
Online Published Date:  02 December 2013

Air conditioning units – no consent – trespass – assessment of damages – aggravated damages

Eaton Mansions (Westminster) Ltd v Stinger Compania De Inversion S.A. [2013] EWCA Civ 1308 (30 October 2013)
Online Published Date:  02 December 2013

Competition Act 1998 – how may it affect commercial leases and freehold properties?

London law firm Speechly Bircham LLP has posted a blog on its website that discusses the implications of the Competition Act 1998 on the commercial property sector. It notes that since 2011 HM government repealed an exclusion order which had..
Online Published Date:  02 December 2013

Restriction on user – construction of lease – the correct approach

Aaron William Burchell v Raj Properties Ltd [2013] UKUT 0443 (LC) (23 September 2013)
Online Published Date:  02 December 2013

Commercial lease renewal in Scotland – a different approach – Tenancy of Shops (Scotland) Act 1949

Edinburgh Woollen Mill Ltd v Singh and others [2013] (Unreported) (Sheriff N A Ross) (4 September 2013)
Online Published Date:  02 December 2013

Commercial lease – break clause – apportionment of rent following termination

Readers will recall that in our June/July edition, Commercial Leases Volume 27 Issue 5 at p1949 we highlighted the case of Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Co (Jersey) Ltd [2013] EWHC 1279 (Ch). In this case the tenant..
Online Published Date:  02 December 2013

Business tenancy – partnership – claim to a new tenancy – opposition by landlord who is also a partner of the tenant partnership

Dr Sonnie Lie v Dr Rajan Mohile [2013] EWCA Civ 1436 (Rimer LJ) (24 October 2013)
Online Published Date:  02 December 2013

Advice to landlords facing the risk of insolvent tenants – review of pre-pack administrations – lease lengths continue to fall

On 25 October 2013, The Times ran an article stating that the British Property Federation has advised landlords to take larger rent deposits to reduce the risk of losses arising from insolvent tenants and the manipulation of business rescue..
Online Published Date:  02 December 2013

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