Vacant possession: Court of Appeal provides clarity

The commercial landlord and tenant sector finally has some clarity on exactly what is meant by a tenant’s obligation to give back vacant possession at lease termination. Jane Bloomer considers the case law Very convincingly, the landlord argued that GRS hadn’t given back ‘the premises, as there were a number of items contained within the …
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Break clauses: A legal quagmire

Susanne Hinde and Ayesha Khan consider a case which reiterates the importance of clear wording when drafting break clauses Scullindale argued that the words ‘at any time’ in the break clause imposed an obligation on the council to serve a break notice ‘at any reasonable time’. It argued that the council had failed to serve …
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