Provides a comprehensive approach to dilapidations covering both residential and commercial leases. This text concentrates on the contractual position of the parties under the repairing covenants of the lease and discusses modern and traditional commercial building technology.
The existence of the obligation; who can sue and be sued; the
interpretation of repairing covenants; problems commonly encountered in
buildings forms of express covenant; the landlord's implied obligation
towards the tenant at common law; the landlord's implied obligations towards
the tenant under statute; implied obligation and duties of the tenant to the
landlord; considerations affecting the performance of landlord's obligations
to repair; considerations affecting the performance of tenant's obligations
to repair; liability to repair under sub-leases; fixtures; the landlord's
remedies for breach of covenant on the part of the tenant; forfeiture; other
remedies during the term; damages at the end of the term; the tenant's
remedies for breach of covenant on the part of the landlord; the recovery of
fees and costs; tax aspects of dilapidations; dilapidations questions arising
in related fields; dilapidations claims in practice; litigation.
