Break Clauses After M&S v BNP Paribas

by | Dec 3, 2015 | Dilapidations

For commercial tenants thinking of using a break clause, the Supreme Court made the cost of doing so clearer, and in many cases higher. On 2 December 2015 it gave judgment in Marks and Spencer v BNP Paribas, and held that a tenant who breaks part way through a quarter...

The New Dilapidations Protocol

by | Jan 3, 2012 | Dilapidations

For commercial leases that were ending, or had just ended, the way a dilapidations claim should be run changed at the start of 2012. From 1 January 2012 a pre action protocol for dilapidations claims took effect. It sets out what a landlord should send, what a tenant...