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lease renewal Articles

Option to Renew Lease (Commercial)

by | Property & Leases

The Retail and Commercial Leases Act 1995 (“Act“) provides that a lease governed by the Act must have a minimum term of 5 years including options. The parties to the lease, and particularly the tenant, may not want to commit to a 5 year term – so an option to renew lease will provide the… Read more »

Old Lease, Extended Lease, New Lease

by | Property & Leases

Can you keep extending a commercial lease? Of course a landlord and tenant can, either by the tenant duly exercising a right of renewal in the tenancy agreement itself, or, when that runs out, by agreement between landlord and tenant for a formal extension. The same terms can be retained, subject to agreed variations on matters… Read more »