Landlord and tenant — Rent review — Whether rent review notice served in time — Notice had to be posted two quarters in advance of review date, which was August…
Landlord and tenant — Rent review — Whether rent to be assessed on assumption that premises are let with vacant possession or subject to underleases existing at date of review
Landlord and tenant — Rent review clause — Determination of preliminary point of law under section 2 of Arbitration Act 1979 — Matter referred to court with consent of arbitrator…
Landlord and tenant — Rent review clause — Time stated to be of the essence of the contract — Clause provided for open market rental value to be determined to…
A business tenant paying an annual rent of £100,000 receives a notice from the landlord proposing a rent of £250,000 for the next rent review period.
A tenant who gets a nasty surprise at rent review may find, to his great relief, that his lease gives him an option to break, exercisable within a month or…
When a rent review clause falls to be construed by the courts, then, more often than not, one party will contend that a literal interpretation would give an unforeseen and…
Where a rent review clause fails to specify the term to be taken by the hypothetical tenant, it is normally assumed that the term will be equivalent to the unexpired…
A rent review clause requires the disregard of T’s improvements, and does so by incorporating section 34 of the 1954 Act.