Conditional Limitation v. Condition Subsequent: An Important Distinction in the COVID-19 Age
As commercial rent defaults significantly increase due to the COVID-19 pandemic, practitioners reviewing the default provisions in their clients' commercial leases must ask themselves a crucial question: Does the provision set out a conditional limitation or a condition subsequent? The answer to this arcane question—which can trip up even experienced attorneys—will determine the forum in which an owner can recover possession.
October 06, 2020 at 01:08 PM
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In our last column, we discussed the ability of owners to commence ejectment actions in Supreme Court as an alternative to holdover proceedings in the New York City Civil Court's landlord-tenant part (or the analogous part in other local courts)—an option being chosen by many owners in light of the COVID-19 pandemic grinding landlord-tenant cases to a virtual halt. The pandemic is affecting the choice between ejectment actions and holdover proceedings in another significant way.
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