If your business requirements have changed, and you need to get out of your current lease, a surrender can be an attractive option – as … Read More
Tag Archives: commercial leases
Due diligence on a commercial property acquisition
If you are considering buying a commercial property, it is up to you to find out as much as possible about the property and the … Read More
A landlord’s liability for a commercial tenant’s activities
The most successful commercial landlords take an active approach to managing their properties, and there is more to this than making sure the building is … Read More
A tenant’s guide to business leases and ‘contracting out’
If you take a lease of business premises, your landlord may ask you to ‘contract out’ of statutory rights that apply to business tenancies. Before … Read More
Commercial service charges – a tenant’s guide
Commercial tenants will know that the rent they pay is only one part of the overall cost of occupying their premises. A service charge is … Read More
Government extends ban on evictions until March 2022
The Government has announced that new rules will be introduced to ringfence commercial rent arrears arising from the pandemic, and to guide tenants and landlords … Read More
Options when your landlord breaches a commercial lease
Under a typical commercial lease, the landlord has fewer obligations than the tenant, but they are significant: maintaining and insuring the building, providing services and … Read More
Renegotiating a commercial lease
News stories about well-known retailers forcing landlords to renegotiate commercial leases as part of a voluntary insolvency arrangement have encouraged some tenants to ask for … Read More
Understanding the insurance provisions in your lease
The insurance provisions in commercial leases tend to get glossed over when the lease is being negotiated, but they can have important practical implications. In … Read More