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Negotiating a COVID 19 Rent Suspension Clause: What the County Court has to say
In the case of Poundland v Toplain Ltd, the County Court rejected the tenant’s request to incorporate a COVID-19 rent suspension clause into the terms of a commercial lease renewal. Background The landlord and tenant (Poundland Ltd) had...
The Commercial rent (Coronavirus) Bill - Finally a resolution?
In response to the COVID pandemic the government passed wide ranging legislation to protect business tenants from eviction for failing to pay their rent. The measures that were put in place are to come to an end on 22 March 2022. However, businesses are...
Prospective flat buyers and mortgage lenders will be more concerned than previously about the amount of ground rent payable and the frequency and amount of any ground rent increases. Problem 1. Mortgage lenders’ criteria for rent clauses in...
Lockdown rent: should hospitality businesses be forced to pay the bills?
In June 2021, at the same time as announcing that the extension to the ban on commercial evictions and commercial rent arrears recovery would continue until 25 March 2022, the Government announced that new legislation would be implemented to “ring...
Can the COVID-19 Crisis Justify Reopening Financial Orders in Divorce?
Can the economic havoc wreaked by the COVID-19 pandemic justify the re-drawing of final financial orders made following a divorce? The High Court has ruled in a guideline case that the answer to that question is 'probably not'. The case concerned a couple...
Employer's Hardline Anti-Corruption Policy Passes Legal Test
Many businesses, particularly those that deal with governmental authorities, sensibly have anti-corruption policies in place. One such policy came under close analysis in an employment case concerning a golfing trip provided to a public official ( Thompson...
You may understandably feel overawed by the might of the tax authorities but, with the law on your side, the balance of power is far more even than you might think. In a case on point, a couple struck an important blow for the cohort of determined people who...
Is Your Lease Under Threat of Forfeiture? Don't Delay Consulting a Solicitor
Tenants who fail to pay their rent on time place themselves in real danger of having their leases forfeited. As a Court of Appeal ruling showed , that risk exists no matter how small the arrears and no matter how short the delay in payment may be. The case...
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