Apportionment Of Rent: Breaking up is hard to do – part 2

Foot Anstey LLP | Property Law Journal | September 2013 #314
Dan Cuthbert assesses the problem with Ellis v Rowbotham in the light of a recent decision ‘Morgan J concluded that a reasonable person reading the lease would expect that in a case where the break clause was operated to take effect on 24 January 2012 that the rent would be payable for the term to …

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Apportionment And Breaks: Breaking up is hard to do

Osborne Clarke | Property Law Journal | January 2013 #302
Daniel Cuthbert discusses the vexed issue of apportionment of rent following the exercise of a break clause It may be possible to argue that a term should be implied, that rent is paid for the period of occupation only and that any overpayment caused by early termination ought to be repaid. Recent case law suggests …

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