Legal & Professional

Landmark ruling on lease renewals could shift landlord-tenant balance of power

By 2018-10-11T04:43:00

Supreme Court

Source: Shutterstock/Lukasz Pajor

Imminent ruling could challenge landlords’ right to refuse to renew tenants’ leases when planning major redevelopments.

In Franses vs The Cavendish Hotel, the tenant, an antique rug shop, is accusing the landlord, the hotel, of misinterpreting and misusing the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 for the sole purpose of kicking them out.

The case specifically revolves around section 30 (1)(f) of the act. It states that a landlord can refuse a tenant’s new lease if they intend on reconstruction or demolition works that they “could not reasonably do so without obtaining possession of the holding”.

This content is only available to registered users

You must be logged in to continue

Gated access promo

Would you like to read more?

Try Property Week For Free to finish this article.

Sign up now for the following benefits:

  • Unlimited access to Property Week
  • Breaking news, comment and analysis from industry experts as it happens
  • Choose from our portfolio of email newsletters

To access this article TRY FOR FREE NOW

Don’t want full access? REGISTER NOW to read this article and up to 3 more this month and subscribe to our newsletters.

Registered users and subscribers SIGN IN here to continue