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Must a tenant remove tenant’s fixtures?

March 8, 2015 By Stephen Jourdan QC Leave a Comment

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Battles about Chattels Part 4 of 4 Chattels – The General Rule Nearly every lease has an express covenant by the tenant to yield up possession at the end of the term. Even if there is no express covenant, there will be an implied obligation to deliver up vacant possession when the lease ends. This […]

What is a tenant’s obligation if a chattel is let with the building?

March 8, 2015 By Stephen Jourdan QC Leave a Comment

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Battles about Chattels Part 3 of 4 The tenant’s obligations in respect of chattels let with the building e.g. carpets which are not fixtures will depend entirely on the terms of the lease; it is not possible to give any general guidance. They may be referred to in the lease expressly, or as “fittings” (see […]

Is it a Fixture?

March 8, 2015 By Stephen Jourdan QC Leave a Comment

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Battles about Chattels Part 2 of 4  The cases on fixtures are not always easy to reconcile with each other, and disclose a lack of a real consistent principled basis for determining whether an article is a fixture or a chattel Reynolds v Ashby and Son Limited [1903] 1 KB 87, CA; [1904] AC 466, […]

What is a fixture or chattel?

March 8, 2015 By Stephen Jourdan QC Leave a Comment

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Battles about Chattels Part 1 of 4 Classification – chattels, fixtures, landlord’s fixtures, tenant’s fixtures, fittings, part of the building If you visit an office building you will see a variety of things that, at one time or another, have been brought to the land. At one extreme there is the structure of the building […]

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  • Dispute Resolution: A review of the RICS Dilapidations Scheme

    [caption id="attachment_1252" align="alignright" width="300"] Click here to download a PDF copy of the full article[/caption] Dispute Resolution: A review of the RICS Dilapidations Scheme for Expert Determination (This article first appeared in the Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal & Valuation Volume

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    [caption id="attachment_1240" align="alignright" width="240"] Click to Download PDF Article[/caption] This is about how a diminution valuation simplified using an imaginary claim with only one effective difference between the parties. A pdf of the full article can be downloaded from here,

  • Break Clause Conditions – A Legal Minefield

    Operating a break clause is not simply a case of submitting a formal notice to terminate the lease in accordance with the break clause conditions. This is far from the case, and the devil is in the detail. Break clauses

  • Tenant Guide to Landlord Disrepair Claims

    The expiry of a lease presents a landlord with the possibility of an income void lasting many months, which has an even greater impact in a difficult lettings market. It is unsurprising, therefore, that unscrupulous landlords sometimes regard a terminal

  • Diminution valuation in dilapidations cases

    Critique of the "Stand In The Street" method - in contrast to the Shortlands residual valuation method THE CRUDE "STAND IN THE STREET" METHOD This method is dying out gradually.  It consists of looking at the building without analysis of

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