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Break Notices: The letter of the law

Martin McKeague provides tips on exercising commercial lease breaks ‘Once the decision has been made to seek to bring a commercial lease to an end, the failure to serve a valid break notice can have drastic consequences.’Focusing on the core of a business can be a sensible strategy when it comes to improving efficiency. It …

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Lease Break Clauses: What could possibly go wrong?

Jon Dickins rounds up recent case law on the vexed issue of interpreting break clauses Recent cases have demonstrated that the courts will tend to side with the landlord if the tenant has not complied strictly with the wording of a break clause. Life is full of uncertainty and, in a competitive commercial property market, …

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