Lease II (Term & alteration)

Question 1

What constitutes and ‘improvement’?

Answer 1

Lambert v FW Woolworth & Co Limited 1938

To be construed widely as works which improve the premises from the tenant’s perspective.

Question 2

What’s the case law for deciding whether a landlord has ‘unreasonably’ withheld consent to works?

Answer 2

Iqbal v Thakrar [2004]
The landlord was entitled to withhold consent to the tenant’s proposed alternations because he had serious (and justified) concerns as to the potential consequences which the works would have to the structure of the building.