Commercial Lease Dispute
I was in court a few weeks ago expecting to argue why a particular lease was a “retail shop lease”, as defined in the Commercial Tenancy (Retail Shops) Agreements Act, but the Magistrate said it was too complicated for a 3 hour appointment and set it down for another mediation , and a 3 day […]
Dispute Settlement
I was up rather late recently correcting errors in a spreadsheet that my client had sent me after 6.30pm and which I had not seen until 10.00pm. One of my associates was off to the Magistrates Court the following morning to try to settle the matter, so it was rather urgent. It was over 2,000 […]
Commercial Tenancy Dispute
This week we took instructions from a couple of guys who had some of their personal gear stored at some premises that had been leased by a company run by their father. The company got into financial trouble and stopped paying rent. The landlord changed the locks and terminated the lease. The landlord has since […]