Defective Premises Act Sample Clauses

Defective Premises Act. The indemnity provided under this Section shall extend to include liability attaching to the Insured by virtue of Section 3 of the Defective Premises Xxx 0000 or Section 5 of the Defective Premises (Northern Ireland) Order 1975, in respect of the disposal of any premises which were occupied or owned by the Insured in connection with the Business. Provided that the Company shall not be liable for the cost of remedying any defect, or alleged defect, in such premises.
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Defective Premises Act. Subject to
Defective Premises Act. 1972 (3)  Generally, private nuisance concerns an interference by one party with another’s use of and enjoyment of land.  A person will be liable in nuisance if they cause a nuisance, authorise a nuisance or adopt a nuisance.  The damage or interference with the enjoyment of the land suffered by the landowner must be substantial or unreasonable, and can arise from a single incident or a ‘state of affairs’.  In the social housing context, claims often arise from water penetration/leaks, or insect/vermin infestation. Nuisance  XxXxxxxx v Southwark LBC [1996] CLY 3721 – ant and cockroach infestation attracting general damages of between £1000 and £3,500 per annum, (updated to between about £2000 and £6,800 per annum today), plus special damages.  Habinteg Housing Association v Xxxxx (1995) 27 HLR 299 – no liability for cockroach infestation where no common parts retained by the landlord.  Xxxxxx x Xxxxxx, 24 October 2003, Shoreditch County Court – rat infestation - £2000 per annum, (updated to about £3,300 per annum today). Damages for private nuisance: examples  Xxxxxxx x Xxxxxxxx, 22 November 2010, Central London County Court – rat infestation caused by drains in disrepair, and other minor disrepair attracting damages of £20,000 including special damages.  Read v Notting Hill Housing Trust, 13 June 2013, Bow County Court – rat infestation. Notional reduction of 80% of the rent  Xxxxx v Amicus Horizon Limited, Lambeth County Court, 12 September 2013 – mice infestation – notional reduction of 25% of the rent. Damages for private nuisance: examples  Be alert to exaggeration.  What is the evidence of special damages?  Usually second-hand value of items lost or damaged unless there is no second hand market. If there is no such second-hand market, the claimant may be able to claim replacement value Special Damages Questions Cornerstone Books Contact details: Cornerstone Barristers 2-3 Grays Inn Square London WC1R 5JH Tel: 000 0000 0000 Fax: 000 0000 0000 Email: xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Defective Premises Act. Your tenancy agreement may say the landlord is also responsible for other things. You must allow the landlord access to inspect the house when the repairs need to be done and the landlord must fix, not just improve the situation within a reasonable time. Whether your landlord is a private landlord, a housing association or the council their duties are the same! Duties of the tenant. If you are a council tenant in Haringey, the Council states that your duties will include: Replacing locks and keys, repairing, adjusting, or replacing inside doors, locks, handles, linings, doorstops and door frames, maintaining kitchen units (including the sink unit and taps), repairing and renewing floor coverings, replacing light bulbs, fluorescent light tubes and fuses, replacing plugs and chains on baths, basins and sinks, replacing fixtures and fittings such as curtain rails, hooks and shelves, cleaning windows (except in shared areas), maintaining your private garden (not shared gardens). However, you may still wish to seek legal advice, as this may not always be accurate. E.g. sinks and taps are S. 11 responsibilities, so the council SHOULD repair them.
Defective Premises Act. The underwriter will indemnify the insured in respect of any liability which the insured as previous owners may incur, by virtue of the Defective Premises Xxx 0000 or the Defective Premises (Northern Ireland) Order 1975, in connection with any premises which have been disposed of by the insured and which prior to such disposal, were occupied by the insured, in connection with the business. Provided always that the indemnity under this extension shall not cover:
Defective Premises Act. In connection with the Defective Premises Axx 0000 or any legislation modifying amending or replacing the same to:–

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  • Subleased Premises Sublandlord hereby subleases to Subtenant and Subtenant hereby subleases from Sublandlord for the term, at the rental, and upon all of the conditions set forth herein, the Subleased Premises.

  • DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION OF PREMISES (a) If the Premises or any part thereof shall be damaged by fire or other insured casualty, then, subject to the last paragraph of this Section, Landlord shall proceed with diligence, subject to then applicable statutes, building codes, zoning ordinances and regulations of any governmental authority, and at the expense of Landlord (but only to the extent of insurance proceeds made available to Landlord by any mortgagee of the Building and any ground lessor) to repair or cause to be repaired such damage (other than any Initial Tenant Improvements not deemed to be fixtures covered by Landlord’s property insurance and Tenant Work, which Tenant shall promptly commence, and proceed with diligence, to restore). All such repairs made necessary by any act or omission of Tenant shall be made at the Tenant’s expense to the extent that the cost of such repairs are less than the deductible amount in Landlord’s insurance policy. All repairs to and replacements of Tenant Property not deemed to be fixtures covered by Landlord’s property insurance and any Initial Tenant Improvements and Tenant Work shall be made by and at the expense of Tenant. The cost of any repairs performed under this Section by Landlord at Tenant’s request and at Tenant’s expense (including costs of design fees, financing, and charges for administration, overhead and construction management services by Landlord and Landlord’s contractor) shall constitute Additional Rent hereunder. If the Premises or any part thereof shall have been rendered unfit for use and occupation hereunder by reason of such damage, the Base Rent or a just and proportionate part thereof, according to the nature and extent to which the Premises shall have been so rendered unfit, shall be abated until the Premises (except as to Tenant Property, Initial Tenant Improvements not deemed to be fixtures covered by Landlord’s property insurance and any Tenant Work) shall have been restored as nearly as practicable to the condition in which they were immediately prior to such fire or other casualty; and that if and to the extent Landlord shall be unable to collect the insurance proceeds (including rent insurance proceeds) applicable to such damage because of some action or inaction on the part of Tenant, or the employees, licensees or invitees of Tenant, the cost of repairing such damage shall be paid by Tenant and there shall be no abatement of rent. Landlord shall not be liable for delays in the making of any such repairs that are due to government regulation, casualties, and strikes, unavailability of labor and materials, delays in obtaining insurance proceeds, and other causes beyond the reasonable control of Landlord, nor shall Landlord be liable for any inconvenience or annoyance to Tenant or injury to the business of Tenant resulting from delays in repairing such damage. If the Premises or the Building are substantially damaged so as to prevent Tenant from using the Premises for the Permitted Use and the Premises have not been restored to the condition required pursuant to the terms of this Lease within two hundred and seventy (270) days following said casualty (or if such casualty occurs during the last 18 months of the term, within ninety (90) days after the date of such casualty), then Tenant may terminate this Lease upon thirty (30) days written notice to Landlord unless Landlord shall substantially complete such repair and restoration within such thirty (30) day period in which event Tenant’s termination shall be void and of no further force or effect.

  • Leased Premises Lessor hereby leases to Lessee, and Lessee leases and takes from Lessor, the Leased Premises subject to the conditions of this Lease.

  • The Premises Landlord hereby leases to Tenant and Tenant hereby leases from Landlord the premises set forth in Section 2.2 of the Summary (the “Premises”). The outline of the Premises is set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto, and an outline of the Project is set forth in Exhibit A-1 attached hereto. The parties hereto agree that the lease of the Premises is upon and subject to the terms, covenants and conditions herein set forth, and Tenant covenants as a material part of the consideration for this Lease to keep and perform each and all of such terms, covenants and conditions by it to be kept and performed and that this Lease is made upon the condition of such performance. The parties hereto hereby acknowledge that the purpose of Exhibit A is to show the approximate location of the Premises in the “Building,” as that term is defined in Section 1.1.2, below, only, and such Exhibit is not meant to constitute an agreement, representation or warranty as to the construction of the Premises, the precise area thereof or the specific location of the “Common Areas,” as that term is defined in Section 1.1.3, below, or the elements thereof or of the accessways to the Premises or the “Project,” as that term is defined in Section 1.1.2, below. Except as specifically set forth in this Lease, Tenant shall accept the Premises in its presently existing “as-is” condition and Landlord shall not be obligated to provide or pay for any improvement work or services related to the improvement of the Premises. Tenant also acknowledges that neither Landlord nor any agent of Landlord has made any representation or warranty regarding the condition of the Premises, the Building or the Project or with respect to the suitability of any of the foregoing for the conduct of Tenant’s business, except as specifically set forth in this Lease. However, notwithstanding the foregoing, Landlord agrees that base Building electrical, mechanical, heating, ventilation and air conditioning and plumbing systems located in the Premises shall be in good working order and the roof shall be water tight as of the date Landlord delivers possession of the Premises to Tenant. Except to the extent caused by the acts or omissions of Tenant or any Tenant Parties (as defined in Section 10.13 below) by any alterations or improvements performed by or on behalf of Tenant, if such systems and/or the roof are not in good working order as of the date possession of the Premises is delivered to Tenant and Tenant provides Landlord with notice of the same within ninety (90) days following the date Landlord delivers possession of the Premises to Tenant, Landlord shall be responsible for repairing or restoring the same at Landlord’s sole cost and expense. Subject to any repairs or restoration required by the immediately preceding sentence, the commencement of business operations from the Premises by Tenant shall presumptively establish that the Premises and the Building were at such time in good and sanitary order, condition and repair. For purposes of Section 1938 of the California Civil Code, Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, that the Premises, the Building and the Project have not undergone inspection by a Certified Access Specialist (CASp).

  • Demised Premises The Landlord hereby demises and leases to the Tenant, and the Tenant hereby leases from the Landlord, upon and subject to the terms and provisions of this Lease (which term is used herein shall include all Exhibits attached hereto or referred to herein), the commercial space (sometimes hereinafter referred to as the "Demised Premises") depicted on Exhibit A hereto annexed and made a part hereof. Said Demised Premises contain approximately six thousand six hundred fifty-one (6,651) square feet of floor area (measuring from (i) the center of the two side demising walls and (ii) the front lease line of the Demised Premises, through the rear wall), commonly known as suite 3800 on level 3 as shown on Exhibit A-1 attached hereto of the multi-level structure (the "Mall Building"), which Landlord has constructed on a parcel of land (the "Shopping Center Site") located in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. The metes and bounds description of the Shopping Center Site is set forth on Exhibit A-2 annexed hereto and made a part hereof. In the event, within sixty (60) days after commencement of the term of this Lease, either party hereto finds that the actual floor area of the Demised Premises differs by ten (10) square feet or more from the floor area set forth hereinabove and such difference is confirmed by Landlord's independent architect (which confirmation shall be binding upon Landlord and Tenant absent bad faith or manifest error on the part of Landlord's architect), Landlord and Tenant shall execute an amendment to this Lease setting forth the actual floor area, and proportionately changing Tenant's monetary obligations, including Minimum Rent, based upon the ratio of the actual floor area of the Demised Premises to the floor area set forth hereinabove. The term "

  • Landlord’s Option to Repair Notwithstanding the terms of Section 11.1 of this Lease, Landlord may elect not to rebuild and/or restore the Premises, Building and/or Project, in which event this Lease shall terminate, by notifying Tenant in writing of such termination within sixty (60) days after the date of discovery of the damage, such notice will include a termination date giving Tenant sixty (60) days to vacate the Premises, but this Lease may be so terminated Landlord may so elect only if the Building or Project shall be damaged by fire or other casualty or cause, whether or not the Premises are affected, and one or more of the following conditions is present: (i) in Landlord’s reasonable judgment, repairs cannot reasonably be completed within one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of discovery of the damage (when such repairs are made without the payment of overtime or other premiums); (ii) the holder of any mortgage on the Building or Project or ground lessor with respect to the Building or Project shall require that the insurance proceeds or any portion thereof be used to retire the mortgage debt, or shall terminate the ground lease, as the case may be; (iii) the damage is not fully covered by Landlord’s insurance policies or that portion of the proceeds from Landlord’s insurance policies allocable to the Building or the Project, as the case may be; (iv) Landlord decides to rebuild the Building or Common Areas so that they will be substantially different structurally or architecturally; (v) the damage occurs during the last twelve (12) months of the Lease Term; or (vi) any owner of any other portion of the Project, other than Landlord, does not intend to repair the damage to such portion of the Project; provided, however, that if such fire or other casualty shall have damaged the Premises or a portion thereof or Common Areas necessary to Tenant’s occupancy and as a result of such damage the Premises are unfit for occupancy, and provided that Landlord does not elect to terminate this Lease pursuant to Landlord’s termination right as provided above, and either (a) the repairs cannot, in the reasonable opinion of Landlord’s contractor, be completed within two hundred seventy (270) days after being commenced, or (b) the damage occurs during the last twelve months of the Lease Term and will reasonably require in excess of ninety (90) days to repair, Tenant may elect, no earlier than sixty (60) days after the date of the damage and not later than ninety (90) days after the date of such damage, to terminate this Lease by written notice to Landlord effective as of the date specified in the notice, which date shall not be less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days after the date such notice is given by Tenant.

  • Premises Building Project and Common Areas 1.1 Premises, Building, Project and Common Areas.

  • Landlord’s Property All Alterations, improvements, fixtures, equipment and/or appurtenances which may be installed or placed in or about the Premises, from time to time, shall be at the sole cost of Tenant and shall be and become the property of Landlord; provided, however, Landlord may, by written notice to Tenant prior to the end of the Lease Term, or given following any earlier termination of this Lease, require Tenant, at Tenant’s expense, to remove any Alterations or improvements and to repair any damage to the Premises and Building caused by such removal and return the affected portion of the Premises to their condition existing prior to the installation of such Alterations or improvements or, at Landlord’s election, to a building standard tenant improved condition as determined by Landlord; provided; however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, upon request by Tenant at the time of Tenant’s request for Landlord’s consent to any Alteration or improvement, Landlord shall notify Tenant whether the applicable Alteration or improvement will be required to be removed pursuant to the terms of this Section 8.5. If Tenant fails to complete such removal and/or to repair any damage caused by the removal of any Alterations or improvements in the Premises and return the affected portion of the Premises to their condition existing prior to the installation of such Alterations or improvements or, if elected by Landlord, to a building standard tenant improved condition as determined by Landlord, prior to the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease, then Rent shall continue to accrue under this Lease in accordance with Article 16, below, after the end of the Lease Term until such work shall be completed, and Landlord shall have the right, but not the obligation, to perform such work and to charge the cost thereof to Tenant. Tenant hereby protects, defends, indemnifies and holds Landlord harmless from any liability, cost, obligation, expense or claim of lien, including but not limited to, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees, in any manner relating to the installation, placement, removal or financing of any such Alterations, improvements, fixtures and/or equipment in, on or about the Premises, which obligations of Tenant shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.

  • Acceptance of Leased Premises Tenant has accepted possession and is currently occupying the Leased Premises.

  • DAMAGE TO LEASED PREMISES In the event the building housing the Premises shall be destroyed or damaged as a result of any fire or other casualty which is not the result of the intentional acts or neglect of Lessee and which precludes or adversely affects the Lessee’s occupancy of the Premises, then in every such cause, the rent herein set forth shall be abated or adjusted according to the extent to which the leased Premises have been rendered unfit for use and occupation by the Lessee and until the demised Premises have been put in a condition at the expense of the Lessor, at least to the extent of the value and as nearly as possible to the condition of the Premises existing immediately prior to such damage. It is understood, however, in the event of total or substantial destruction to the Premises that in no event shall the Lessor's obligation to restore, replace or rebuild exceed an amount equal to the sum of the insurance proceeds available for reconstruction with respect to said damage.

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