Lease Guarantees - What Next?

This post was written by Siobhan Hayes , Philip Olmer and Alex Heaton

Earlier this year we wrote about the impact of the Good Harvest case (Good Harvest Partnership LLP v Centaur Services Limited), both from the perspective of the landlord and of the tenant . Much of the commentary from the spring of this year was advising those involved in property to wait and see what the outcome of the Appeal would be; however, the Good Harvest case settled before it got to the Court of Appeal. Now we need to operate with the High Court decision standing as good law unless (or until) there is a dispute that is large enough to involve a Court of Appeal decision on the same subject.

This posting covers what we are experiencing in advising our clients in practice.

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