Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
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The Law Commission’s review of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
LISTEN Jess Harrold is joined by Professor Nicholas Hopkins to discuss the consultation launch
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LTA 1954 ground (g): termination order obtained by misrepresentations
The High Court ruling in McDonald’s Restaurants Ltd v Shirayama Shokusan Company Ltd
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Business tenancies: claim for possession defeated
Section 32 of Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 put to the test
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What tenants say in their declarations is not an examination question
The Regulatory Reform (Business Tenancies) (England and Wales) Order 2003 requires landlords to…
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Code complexity puts the brakes on breaks
Advice to landlords caught by subsisting agreements under the Electronic Communications Code
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Had leases been excluded from the 1954 Act?
The 2003 Order has created unwelcome uncertainty for both landlords and tenants
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Landlord’s intention to demolish must exist independently of new tenancy claim
The owners of the Franses Gallery have won an important case on the application of ground (f).
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Supreme Court backs tenant in ‘remarkable’ Cavendish Hotel case
Planned work must not be conditional on the tenant choosing to assert rights to the tenancy
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How widely might ripples from a pending Supreme Court case spread?
Santander UK plc v LPC Estates Ltd [2018] EWHC 2193 (Ch) concerned the use of building leases in the light of a forthcoming challenge to the High Court decision in…
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Landmark ground (f) case heading to Supreme Court
One of the most discussed cases of 2017 is heading to the Supreme Court, raising the question of what intention a landlord is required to show in order to refuse…
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How relevant are a landlord’s motives where it plans to carry out work that will sterilise premises in order to prevent the renewal of a business lease?
The Franses Gallery occupies premises on the ground floor of the Cavendish Hotel, from which it carries on a business specialising in antique tapestries and textile art. When its lease…
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Linguistic changes made by statutory instrument have not changed the effect of the 1954 Act
When a landlord opposes the renewal of a business tenancy on the ground that it intends to redevelop the property, it must satisfy the court that it has a fixed…