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Grounds of opposition definition

What does Grounds of opposition mean? In commercial property practice, grounds of opposition are the legally recognised reasons a landlord may rely on to refuse a tenant a new business tenancy at lease expiry where security of tenure applies. In England and Wales the term is defined in the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, section 30(1). Typical grounds include tenant default (eg disrepair or persistent delay in paying rent), availability of suitable alternative accommodation, and the landlord’s intention to redevelop the premises or occupy them for its own business. A landlord must specify the relied-on grounds in a section 25 notice or in a...

Section 30(1) LTA 1954 ground (a): landlord’s opposition to renewal for tenant’s breaches of repairing obligations—criteria, discretion and compensation (England and Wales)

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ground of opposition (a)

A landlord may resist the grant of a new lease under section 30(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 by relying on ground (a). That ground applies where, under the current tenancy, the tenant carries obligations concerning the repair and Maintenance of the holding, and, given the holding’s condition resulting from the tenant’s failure to comply, a further tenancy ought not to be granted.

the tenant has duties (whether express, implied or statutory) to maintain and repair the holding; and
the holding is in disrepair because those duties have been breached

The disrepair must stem from the tenant’s breach of its obligations under the lease, and it must be substantial. In other words, it is not easily remedied and has a significant impact on the landlord’s reversion. The court will assess the position across the term, up to the date of the hearing...

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