20 Sept 2022
NICOL v ALI [Application to cancel a lease] [2022] NZHC 2414
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 2414
- Court
- High Court
The lessee's failure to pay rates as required by the lease constituted an unremedied breach and, having been given adequate notice under s 246, the lessor was entitled to cancel the lease, obtain possession under s 251 and recover rates arrears, interest and costs; the rent review notices served in 2021 were premature and invalid as the contractual review date was 1 August 2022.