disputes with landlord or neighbour
Despite the best of intentions at the outset, landlords and tenants do sometimes have disputes involving the lease, often over delays in receiving rent, the amount of the service charge or with the state of repair of the property. In such a dispute, the terms of a commercial lease will usually give landlords considerable remedies against the tenants, including:
- Landlords’ right to carry out repair works where the tenants have failed to do so
- Landlords’ enforcement costs are recoverable from tenants
It might be thought that these remedies would always give the landlords the upper hand. This is not, though, necessarily the case. Tenants can often find weak points elsewhere in the lease to use as negotiating points or they may know that the landlords simply cannot afford to lose the tenants from the property. In any event, it pays to speak to experiences commercial property lawyers on how best to handle lease disputes. For further information on lease and other types of property disputes, please read our Property Disputes page.