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A landlord is always looking to ensure that they have a fallback position in the event that the tenant stops paying rent, becomes unable to pay, or breaches any of the tenant covenants in the lease.

Restrictive covenants play an important role in commercial property agreements as they govern the actions that landlords and tenants can and cannot take during a tenancy.

This article looks at a landlord's options when they want to terminate a commercial lease and regain possession of their property. In this context, we are concerned with situations where a landlord does not wish to renew a lease with their tenant.

Your lawyer must understand your spinal cord injury and the specific issues that you will face.  So, it's important to manage your bowel and bladder function, maintain skin integrity, and be aware of the risks of developing autonomic dysreflexia and syringomyelia. 

If a loved one is seriously injured, what rights do you have to make decisions about their treatment or to manage their finances?  The starting point is whether your loved one still has the mental capacity to make their own decisions.

If you are making a personal injury claim, then your legal team should use the Rehabilitation Code 2015 to maximise your rehabilitation. This code is designed to allow claimants to access rehabilitation, funded entirely by your opponent, outside of the claim process. 

If you are running a business, one of the most important questions you hope you won’t face is: what happens when there's a deadlock in decision-making?

If your business gets a serious offer from a buyer, and some shareholders want to accept it, but others refuse to sell at that price, or don't want to sell at all - who gets to make the final call?

The death of a business partner can create significant complications for a company. Understanding how share ownership transfers after death is crucial for protecting both your estate and your business relationships.

When a shareholder decides to leave a company and set up as a competitor, the remaining shareholders face one urgent question: can we get those shares back?

A landlord wants their tenants to pay the rent and observe the terms and conditions in the lease for the whole of the lease term, but circumstances might arise where the tenant cannot afford to pay the rent, and the landlord therefore needs to think about what remedies it might have if the commercial tenant becomes insolvent. 

Often nowadays, tenants want to include a break clause in their lease to give them flexibility to exit the property early if the business is going well, for example, and they need to expand and go into bigger premises.