Category: Leases

• 9/5/2012 - Improvements rent percentage - Can landlords recover some of their costs?
  Post Christchurch improvements rent percentages in leases come under the spotlight.
• 28/2/2012 - What is quiet enjoyment?
  Issues with quiet enjoyment in commercial leases
• 19/12/2011 - Summer trading hours and leases
  There are some decisions that a lessor can retain complete control over in their lease.
• 28/9/2011 - Destruction and leases (again)
  There has been another case in relation to the ADLS standard lease clause, which provides the term of a lease shall at once terminate if there is destruction or damage rendering the premises untenantable.
• 28/7/2011 - Can a lessor refuse to renew?
  A lessee gets an interim injunction preventing the lessor from taking back the premises following lease expiry, despite the lessor's best efforts to manage the renewal process.
• 27/5/2011 - Invalid cancellation of lease
  Lessors are encouraged to take a lot of care and attention when cancelling leases under the Property Law Act 2007. The Supreme Court's decision on 10 May 2011 in Ingram & Knee v Patcroft Properties Limited shows that care and attention is very important.
• 3/5/2011 - Destruction and leases
  What is happening in Chrischurch is impacting on the NZ property industry in all sorts of ways. One of these is the debate regarding contractual obligations between the parties.
• 3/3/2011 - The Reasonable Landlord
  How to tell if a landlord's decision is reasonable.
• 18/10/2010 - Consent under the Property Law Act 2007
  When is consent unreasonably withheld to an assignment, sublease or change of use?
• 20/9/2010 - Rent reviews - may or shall...
  Can a lessor be made to review the rent?