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Landlords on the hook

Language: English Series: Estates Gazette ; (9906) 6 March 1999, 174(1)Publication details: 1999Subject(s): Summary: Courts are increasingly prepared to require landlords to take steps against tenants whose activities are disrupting those of other tenants. There is also acceptance of the principle that a tenant can treat a lease as at an end in the face of a serious breach of covenant by the landlord. Discusses the significance of these trends referring to Chartered Trust plc v Davies 1997 and Nynehead Developments Ltd v RH Fibreboard Containers Ltd 1999.

Courts are increasingly prepared to require landlords to take steps against tenants whose activities are disrupting those of other tenants. There is also acceptance of the principle that a tenant can treat a lease as at an end in the face of a serious breach of covenant by the landlord. Discusses the significance of these trends referring to Chartered Trust plc v Davies 1997 and Nynehead Developments Ltd v RH Fibreboard Containers Ltd 1999.