Property Law Act 2007 - the effect of Sections 268-272 on landlord-tenant recovery.

Mondaq Business Briefing › Nbr. 2010, January 2010

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Property Law Act 2007 - the effect of Sections 268-272 on landlord-tenant recovery.

When the Property Law Act 2007 (PLA) came into effect it seemed to be one of those rare pieces of legislation that made life simpler - landlords could no longer recover from tenants for destruction or damage to 'leased premises, or the whole or any part of the land on which the leased premises are situated'. Of course there were exceptions to the general exclusion of recovery, such as when the destruction or damage was done intentionally by the tenant (see section 269(3) PLA). It appeared that an area of recovery/...

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