assignment and subleases

Question 1

assignments

Answer 1

when there is no reversion retained by the main tenant

Question 2

sublease

Answer 2

when the original tenant retains any reversionary interest (even if its one day)

Question 3

subtenant is liable to the landlord

Answer 3

under an assignment

Question 4

subtenant is not liable to the landlord

Answer 4

sublease

Question 5

original tenant is liable to the landlord

Answer 5

in both an assignment and sublease

Question 6

under consent (approval) clauses of residential

Answer 6

landlord may withhold consent from allowing an assignment or sublease arbitrarily

Question 7

refusal of consent from a landlord cannot be

Answer 7

in bad faith

Question 8

self-help eviction

Answer 8

landlords cannot evict through locking out tenants, they must go to court for eviction to avoid risks of violence

Question 9

mitigation of damages

Answer 9

landlords must try to relet the premises after a tenant abandons the property rather than waiting for the damages to accumulate.