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Other Jurisdictions , Australia

Commercial Leases in Australia is a well-established guide for legal practitioners, real estate agents, local government and students on the law and practice of commercial leasing in Australia. The book examines the principles and practice of negotiating and administering commercial lease agreements in Australia, as well as providing guidance on how to manage commercial lease disputes when they arise. It also includes precedent clauses to illustrate the principles.

The fifth edition of Commercial Leases in Australia contains the following features:-

• Changes to retail leasing legislation in all Australian jurisdictions since 2004.
• A discussion of new and significant cases since the last edition, in particular those concerning implied terms in leases, challenging rental valuations, exercise of options and default and relief against forfeiture.
• A new section on environmentally friendly "green leases".
• Significantly revised and updated material on unconscionability; disrepair and inherent defects; legal effects of rights of first refusal; differences between breach of covenant and failure of condition permitting forfeiture and" once and for all" and continuing breaches.
• A review of the status of leases of part of land without subdivisional approval and a review of the issue of covenants, taking account of recent decisions on status of informal variations of a lease and the effect of variations on guarantors.