Leasehold casualties /
Killen, Fiona,author.
Scotland.Parliament.Information Centre.
Scotland.Parliament.Corporate Body,issuing body.
"A leasehold casualty is an amount payable over and above the rent, which a tenant is required to pay to the landlord if the lease so requires, usually on the basis of a fixed period or on the occurrence of a particular event. Leasehold casualties are usually found only in ultra-long leases, such as those lasting 999 years, and only in certain parts of Scotland. There are different types of leasehold casualty, all of which are regarded as archaic and some of which are regarded as particularly oppressive. On 26 February 1997, the Secretary of State for Scotland asked the Scottish Law Commission (SLC) to consider the law on leasehold casualties and to advise on possible reforms. The SLC published a report in April 1998(Report on Leasehold Casualties, ScotLawCom No. 165) recommending the abolition of leasehold casualties, with compensation for landlords in the case of some types of casualty. The SLC Report included a Draft Leasehold Casualties (Scotland) Bill consisting of 9 clauses, supplemented by 2 schedules which set out the method for calculating compensation payments to landlords. On 7 September 1999, Adam Ingram MSP proposed the introduction of a Member’s Bill to abolish leasehold casualties,1 to be based on the Draft Bill prepared by the SLC. This Research Paper examines the existing law on leasehold casualties, the proposed reforms and the arguments made in relation to those reforms."
"7 December 1999".
Includes bibliographical references.
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