Business Premises: Possession and Lease Renewal, 7th Edition

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Business Premises: Possession and Lease Renewal provides clear explanation and detailed commentary on how a landlord or lessor can obtain possession of business premises, and how a tenant can oppose such action or renew the lease. Written from the litigator’s point of view, this guide covers a comprehensive range of areas including termination, non-payment of rent, licenses, forfeiture, proceedings for possession and applications for new tenancies.

Key features:
- Clear explanation and detailed commentary on how a landlord or lessor can obtain possession of business premises and how a tenant can oppose such action or renew the lease
- Takes the practitioner step-by-step through the process, with guidelines on correct procedures to adopt, evidence required, and orders the court may make
- Fully updated with key case law developments since the last edition and how they impact process and procedure
- Reproduces specimens of essential forms, letters, draft pleadings, notices and affidavits and directly refers to them throughout
Gary Webber is a former practising barrister who now practises full time as a mediator specialising in property disputes. He is an associate member of Tanfield Chambers and for nearly 20 years sat as a Deputy District Judge. Daniel Dovar is a barrister at Tanfield Chambers specialising in real property and leasehold law with an emphasis on landlord and tenant issues. He is a co-editor on the Landlord and Tenant Review and co-wrote Residential Possession Proceedings with Gary Webber
1. The business tenancy code
2. Does Part II of the 1954 Act apply?
3. Contracting out of the 1954 Act
4. Possession without a lease
5. Assignment of the landlord's interest
6. licences of business premises
7. Forfeiture: general rules
8. Non-payment of rent
9. Forfeiture: other covenants
10. Assignment, subletting and parting with possession
11. Forfeiture: repairs
12. Relief from forfeiture
13. Claims against third parties
14. Landlord's notices to terminate
15. Tenant's notices to terminate or renew
16. Obtaining information
17. Expiry of fixed term
18. Surrender and merger
19. Disclaimer
20. Dissolved and struck-off companies and death
21. Landlord's application to terminate continuation tenancy
22. Possession claims and peaceable re-entry
23. Applications for renewal: landlord or tenant
24. Interim rent
25. Landlord's grounds
26. New tenancy ordered
27. Refusal to order a new tenancy
28. Appendices
Gary Webber is a barrister specializing in property law and an accredited mediator. He is a contributor to the White Book, an associate member of Tanfield Chambers, and sits as a Deputy District Judge.

Daniel Dovar is a barrister at Tanfield Chambers specialising in real property and leasehold law with an emphasis on landlord and tenant issues. He is a co-editor on the Landlord and Tenant Review and co-wrote Residential Possession Proceedings with Gary Webber.