All posts tagged "Notice"
Important – Take Notice
(2013 Dec) Amongst the many aspects of my work I love is lease analysis. Possibly it’s the same reason many people enter the legal profession, but for me the prospect of being able to pour over every word and phrase and get bogged down in detail is stimulating. Perhaps because investment is mostly about finance […]
Tenancy Expiry and renewal – Some Pitfalls
(2013 Dec) On expiry of a business tenancy that qualifies for renewal rights per the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 Part II, (“LTA54”), and where the landlord is not opposing grant of a new tenancy, it is common, when the tenant wants to renew, even if negotiations are not underway, for the tenant to request […]
Procedure for review
Dec 2013 – The starting point for operation of a rent review is some form of notice. The form and phrasing of the notice, the timing of the notice, the mode of service, the identity of the recipient, the address for service, and so on, are all critical factors. Where a lease requires the tenant […]
Review dates
(2013-12) For some reason, best known to the world of lawyer-draftsmen, the phrasing in leases is often unbelievably convoluted. Commonly, review dates are not specified, such as 25 December 2006, 25 December 2011, but referred to as intervals such as 5th and 10th anniversaries, which is all very well provided it is clear from the […]
Important – Take Notice
Dec 2013 – Amongst the many aspects of my work I love is lease analysis. Possibly it’s the same reason many people enter the legal profession, but for me the prospect of being able to pour over every word and phrase and get bogged down in detail is stimulating. Perhaps because investment is mostly about […]
Rent Review – Time of the Essence
(2009 Mar) Acting for a trustee of a restaurant property in East London, I was instructed to advise and take over negotiations for a rent review where the landlord’s previous surveyor had failed to serve a valid notice and the tenant’s surveyor had questioned the effective date of the review. The trustee’s solicitors had sought […]