Break Clauses 2nd Edition

Break Clauses is a comprehensive guide that explains everything a property practitioner needs to know in respect of break clauses including:

• Comparisons between break clauses and other methods of terminating leases
• How to interpret break clauses and break notices
• How break clauses relate to other clauses within the lease, e.g. rent review clauses
• The effect of exercising a break notice on the respective obligations of landlords / tenants / sub-tenants
• The consequences of there being conditions precedent attached to the exercise of a break clause
• The formalities and the possible registration requirements of break clauses
• The procedure for the service of a break notice and the consequences of failing to comply with that procedure
• The interrelationship between break clauses and the security of tenure procedures under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
• Issues of professional liability in the context of break clauses
• Redevelopment break clauses
• Guidance on break clauses in residential and agricultural tenancies

• Latest important decisions such as M&S v BNP Paribas [2015], Siemens v Friends Life (CA) [2014], Avocet [2012], PCE Investors [2012], Gemini Press [2012], Fitzhugh v Fitzhugh [2012], HFI Farnbrough v Park Garage [2012], Canonical v TST Millbank [2012], and Quirkco v Asprey [2012].
• Further analysis of debate and opinion on topical issues such as the recoverability of 'overpaid' rent following the termination of a lease.
• Extended selection of precedents.