12. Obligations in Leases

Titles in the Complete series combine extracts from a wide range of primary materials with clear explanatory text to provide readers with a complete introductory resource. This chapter discusses the obligations of landlords and tenants in leases. It covers implied landlord’s covenants; repairing covenants; the scope of ‘repair’; Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018; remedies for breach of the landlord’s covenants to repair such as, specific performance, appointing a receiver, damages; tenant’s express and implied covenants; covenants against assigning, sub-letting, and parting with possession; absolute and qualified covenants; and remedies against a tenant in breach of repairing obligations.