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PP 2002/43

Where parties to a business lease disagree about the quality of work done pursuant to a repairing or building obligation, it has been suggested that there is no reason in principle why the dispute should not be referred to an adjudicator under the terms of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996: see Cut to the quick Estates Gazette 3 February 2001, p164, contributed by Robert Hastie and Nick Armitage, of Lupton Fawcett.
Before looking further into the possibility, make sure that the lease was granted or renewed after 1 May 1998, and that the premises are not caught by one or more of the exclusions listed in the article.
Related item:
Ferson Contractors Ltd v Levolux AT Ltd [2003] 05 EG 145 (CS)

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