Dilapidations, Repairs and Service Charges in Commercial and Long Residential Leases

This is an area of increasing significance. The course aims to look at some of the areas of importance including recent significant cases on mixed-use premises and dilapidations and fire safety.

Topics covered include:

• Repair as opposed to renewal, inherent defects and improvements in the light of the Court of Appeal cases of Tower Hamlets v Brewster House (2025) and City of London v Great Arthur House (2021);

• Repairs and fire safety in the light of Essendi v London Property Company (2026);
• Damages for disrepair;
• Service Charge Liability in the light of the Supreme Court decision in Sara & Hossein v Blacks (2023); and

• Service charge and mixed-use premises and the Court of Appeal case of Cloisters v Anvari (2026).