Commercial leases operate differently from residential leases in the UK. One key difference is how your landlord can lock you out of your commercial premises. Although this can occur for residential premises, it needs a court\u2019s permission first. For commercial premises, however, a landlord can lock you out of your premises without going to court first. As such, commercial tenants can quickly find themselves locked out of their business premises. This article will explain the situations where a landlord can lock you out of your premises in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your commercial lease agreement should have a forfeiture clause. Forfeiture clauses allow your landlord the right of re-entry. In other words, landlords can evict<\/a> you before the lease term ends when certain circumstances occur. This has the effect of instantly ending the commercial lease. Your landlord can only forfeit the lease if your lease agreement has a forfeiture clause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A commercial landlord can only exercise forfeiture for specific reasons. Landlords typically exercise this clause when the tenant\u2019s rent payments are substantially late. Late payments are generally considered those made 14-28 days after the initial payment date. However, the commercial lease agreement will state the relevant time period. A commercial landlord can also rely on the forfeiture clause in cases where: <\/p>\n\n\n\n When a commercial landlord locks you out of your retail premises, they enter the property and change the locks. Therefore, you are locked out as your keys no longer work, and they have not given you a set for the new locks. A commercial landlord<\/a> can only lock you out of your premises if one of the reasons for forfeiture applies in your given situation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n When your landlord locks you out of your commercial premises in the UK, they term this peaceable re-entry. It is one of two ways your commercial landlord can carry out forfeiture. The other is through a court order by application to the County Court. However, landlords will likely choose peaceable re-entry as this is more cost-effective than an application to the County Court. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Your landlord will most likely lock you out of the commercial premises when you are not there. Commercial landlords cannot lock you out when you are physically occupying the property. UK law prohibits this as this can cause a risk of violence, which is a criminal offence. Landlords will usually, therefore, enter late at night or first thing in the morning. Your landlord does not have to ask bailiffs to accompany them when they carry out peaceable re-entry. Once your landlord changes the locks and locks you out, they should leave you with a notice. The notice should inform you of what your landlord has done.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n Continue reading this article below the form\n <\/i>\n<\/a>\n\n
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