Restrictions on tenants` right to assign

Restrictions on tenants` right to assign - 1996 - Property Week 56(7) 16 August 1996, 16-17(2) .

Discusses the recommendations of the ABI`s Working Party on the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 concerning restrictions on assignment of leases. These include the withholding of consent of assignment to associated companies, the need for prove by assignee of his/her sufficient financial standing, diminution in value of landlord`s interest and where the assignee is a non-UK resident.


ABI WORKING PARTY
ASSIGNMENT
LANDLORD AND TENANT (COVENANTS) ACT 1995
LEASES
NON-RESIDENT ASSIGNEE
WITHHOLDING CONSENT