TOP 10 CORONAVIRUS QUESTIONS SURVEYORS ARE ASKING LAWYERS 

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TOP 10 CORONAVIRUS QUESTIONS SURVEYORS ARE ASKING LAWYERS 

• Is rent still payable during forfeiture suspension?
• Can a ‘contracted-out’ lease be forfeited for non-payment of rent?
• What remedies are still available for non-payment of rent; problems with CRAR and sub-tenants
• Can the landlord forfeit for breach of the alienation covenant?
• As possession proceedings are stayed, what about squatters?
• 1954 Act notices – how to sign and serve them
• Can a tenant still break the lease? Problems with conditions + compliance
• Terminal dilapidations – practical problems caused by Government coronavirus guidance
• Keep open covenants – can they be enforced?
• Landlord’s obligations in multi-let buildings – and who pays the cost?

Sarah Thompson-Copsey, Non-Practising Solicitor, Legal Lecturer and Trainer