Commercial Lease Disputes

How can a commercial lease dispute arise?

Common reasons for disputes to arise can include:

• Management – tenants may often dispute factors such as requirements to maintain the property. A landlord may fail to carry out necessary repairs on the property.
• Breach of lease – a landlord may breach their obligations under the lease, such as entering the premises without consent or failing to repair the property. Tenants may also breach their obligations under the lease, for example they may unlawfully share the property or allow the property to be used for an unauthorised use.
• Rent – a tenant may fail or refuse to pay rent which can put the landlord in a difficult financial position. The landlord also may increase the rent amount to which the tenant objects.
• Insolvency – in the event that the tenant’s business is to come to an end, this can put the landlord and tenant is a difficult position as rent will be owed with little or no funds available.
• Forfeiture – when a landlord ends a lease as a result of a breach of lease on the tenant’s part, this can be in relation to non-payment of rent or a more significant breach.

If you are a landlord or tenant and are concerned about the potential or current consequences of a commercial lease dispute arising from a leasehold agreement, then it is important that you receive specialist legal advice.