Following our most popular webinar to date, with 3,900 registrants, Richard Snape, Head of Legal Training, joins host Lizzie Collin to answer the questions our audience most wanted addressed on the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954.
This Q&A-style episode dives into some of the trickiest and most topical areas of lease renewals, including grounds F and G, statutory compensation, and how evolving issues such as green lease clauses are beginning to affect renewal strategy. They also discuss the latest on the proposed ban on upwards rent reviews.
Drawing on case law, the discussion cuts through the theory to focus on what landlords and tenants need to be thinking about now when navigating renewals under the Act — particularly in light of ongoing legislative change.
Relevant cases:
•Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council v Mellcroft Ltd [2024]
•Ambrose v Kaye [2002]
•Cunliffe v Goodman [1950]
•Gregson v Cyril Lord Carpets Ltd [1963]
•Gatwick Parking Service v Sargent [2000]
•Coppin v Bruce-Smith [1998]
•Betty’s Café Ltd v Phillips Furnishing Stores Ltd [1959]
•Vodafone Limited v Gravesham Borough Council [2025]
•The Gulf Agencies Ltd v Ahmed [2016]
•MVL Properties (2017) Ltd v The Leadmill Ltd (2025)
•Bath v Prichard [1990]
•WH Smith v Commerz Real Investmentgesellschaft [2021]
•Clipper Logistics plc v Scottish Equitable plc [2022]
•O’May v City of London Real Property Co [1983]
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