Dilapidations: The Modern Law and Practice

The Existence of the Obligation; Who Can Sue and Be Sued; The Construction of repairing and Other Covenants Imposing Liabilities for Dilapidations; The First Question: What is the Subject Matter of the Covenant?; The Second Question: Is the Subject Matter of the Covenant in a Damaged or Deteriorated Condition?; The Third Question: Is the Nature of the Damage Such as to Bring the Condition of the Subject-Matter below the Standard Contemplated by the Repairing Covenant?; The Fourth Question: What Work is Necessary in Order to Put the Subject-Matter of the Covenant Back into the Contemplated Condition?; The Fifth Question: Is That Work Nonetheless of Such a Nature That the Parties did not Contemplate it would be the Liability of the Covenanting Party?; The Application of the Repairing Covenant in Relation to Commonly Encountered Defects; Destruction of the Subject-Matter; The Landlord s Implied Obligations Towards the Tenant at Common Law; The Landlord s Implied Obligations Towards the Tenant Under Statute; Co