This time on the Agenda, the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 is under scrutiny, as Jonathan Seitler QC takes on Roger Cohen, partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner.
The Landlord and Tenant 1954 Act offers commercial tenants the important rights to remain in occupation after their lease comes to an end, and apply to court for the grant of a new lease – but landlords and tenants can “contract out” of these provisions before they sign the lease.
As a result, Seitler’s latest Agenda is this: the 1954 Act is a complete waste of time, and time has come for it to be scrapped.
Cohen disagrees, believing the Act still does some good and should remain in force.
Whose side will you be on in this episode of the Agenda?
