| Breach of Lease Agreement |  |
| Tuesday, 26 April 2011 11:10 |
Mr Ung Gim Sei The article shared that a reader called to say that his landlord wished to terminate his lease agreement as he has breached one of the covenants which required him to notify the landlord whenever relatives or friends visiting him stayed overnight in his place. He said that these people were not illegal immigrants or overstayers so he did not think necessary to inform the landlord. The article therefore discussed nature of different types of breaches. Some are not curable such as non-payment of rent, subletting of premises or bankruptcy of the tenant. For these types of breaches the landlord can forfeit the lease. It then discussed the provisions of Section 18 CLPA which required the landlord to service notice on the tenant first on breaches which are capable of remedy. It is suggested that the breach of the reader was one which was curable and most likely his lease agreement would not be terminated but he had to agree to observe the covenant strictly in the future and to compensate the landlord for this breach. Please click here to view the article. |