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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...

1954 Act s30(1)(c): Opposing lease renewal for substantial breaches or other use/management reasons—case law, court discretion and compensation (England and Wales)

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Ground of opposition (c)

A landlord may resist the grant of a renewed lease under section 30(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954) by invoking ground of opposition (c): ‘That the tenant ought not to be granted a new tenancy in view of other substantial breaches by him of his obligations under the current tenancy, or for any other reason connected with the tenant’s use or management of the holding.’

This ground comprises two limbs: substantial breaches of the tenant’s obligations, and other reasons tied to the use or management of the holding. It is not a prerequisite to show a breach under the first limb in order to rely on the second. As to the first limb, whether a cited breach is substantial is a matter of fact. Any breach may relate to any part of the premises demised by the lease and is not confined to the ‘holding’ the tenant actually occupies.

Relevant breaches of obligation might include:

disrepair outside the holding (disrepair within the holding being addressed under ground (a)—see Practice Note: Grounds of opposition: ground (a)—breach of repairing obligation)
breach of the user covenant

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