Commercial Property Leases

Restrictive covenants - Martin Hutchings QC, Wilberforce Chambers. Weighing up all the practical scenarios, how do you gain an edge for your developer clients in relation to restrictive covenants and s.84, following the spate of recent cases?

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Break Clauses - Andrew Walker QC, Maitland Chambers. How far can you push the court over break clauses, looking at (1) vacant possession, (2) reinstatement, (3) obligation to remove tenant's chattels and fixtures?

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Dilapidations. What is realistic and achievable for landlords and tenants in the final stages of a lease over repairing obligations, dilapidations clauses, supported by case-law and practical examples?

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Arrears. What is the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill's potency for recovering arrears from commercial premises? How will the mandatory arbitration process work and impact debt claims?

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CVAs - Nicholas Trompeter, Selborne Chambers. What is the potential for landlords to challenge CVAs for abuse of process and inequitable treatment of creditors?

• Date Uploaded: 15 Mar 2021
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Renewals - James Styles, Stephenson Harwood. Who is calling the shots when it comes to post pandemic ’54 Act lease renewals?. Are “Covid clauses” suspending rents, short term leases and break clauses the new normal?

• Date Uploaded: 15 Mar 2021
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Forfeiture - Andrew Walker QC, Maitland Chambers. How will the judicial approach to forfeiture change once the temporary Coronavirus measure is lifted?. Where will the challenges come from?

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Restrictive covenants - Martin Hutchings QC, Wilberforce Chambers. What are the unresolved issues - legal and practical - concerning restrictive covenants and s.84(1) following the Supreme Court's decision in Alexander Devine v Housing Solutions [2020]?

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Break clauses - Guy Fetherstonhaugh QC, Falcon Chambers. Where are the grey areas over break clauses, looking at (1) vacant possession, (2) reinstatement, (3) obligation to remove tenant's chattels and fixtures?

• Date Uploaded: 15 Mar 2021
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