Business Premises: Possession & Lease Renewal – 7th Edition

Published by: Sweet & Maxwell

Editors: Daniel Dovar and Gary Webber

Publication Date: 25 October 2023

Business Premises: Possession & Lease Renewal gives clear explanation and detailed commentary on how a landlord or lessor can obtain possession of business premises, and how a tenant can oppose such action or renew the lease. Written from the litigator’s point of view, this guide covers a range of areas including termination, non-payment of rent, licenses, forfeiture, proceedings for possession and applications for new tenancies.

Key features:

Clear explanation and detailed commentary on how a landlord or lessor can obtain possession of business premises and how a tenant can oppose such action or renew the lease.

Takes the practitioner step-by-step through the process, with guidelines on correct procedures to adopt, evidence required, and orders the court may make.

Fully updated to cover the significant case law developments since the last edition and how they impact process and procedure.

Reproduces specimens of essential forms, letters, draft pleadings, notices and affidavits and directly refers to them throughout.

Gary Webber is a full-time mediator who has mediated over 600 disputes. By background he is a barrister and has extensive experience both as a barrister and a mediator in a wide range of commercial and property disputes. He is a founding member of The Property Mediators and an associate member of Tanfield Chambers.

The book is available here.