{"id":28038,"date":"2021-11-26T09:47:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T07:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/?p=28038"},"modified":"2021-11-26T09:53:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T07:53:13","slug":"property-law-update-remission-of-rent-due-to-covid-remedy-available-for-sub-tenant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/property-law-update-remission-of-rent-due-to-covid-remedy-available-for-sub-tenant\/","title":{"rendered":"Property Law Update | Remission of rent due to Covid: Remedy available for sub-tenant?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trustees for the time being of the Bymyam Trust v Butcher Shop and Grill CC (11877\/2020) [2021] ZAWCHC 240 (19 November 2021)<\/p>\n<p>In our law, in specific instances, a tenant may claim remission of rental, in whole or in part, due to vis maior. However, would the lessee\u2019s claim for a remission succeed where it has sub-let the leased premises? The tenant here relied on a 1902 judgment to argue that it was entitled to rental remission from the landlord for its sub-tenant\u2019s losses resulting from the legislated lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>The court found in the present matter that the 1902 judgment was distinguishable from the facts before it and was not authority that a lessee may withhold rental where the loss of use and enjoyment of the leased premises is that of the sub-lessee. <\/p>\n<p class=\"rounded_pill\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/stbb_plu28-2021_s1.pdf\">Summary of the Judgment<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"bottom_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZAWCHC\/2021\/240.html\">The Judgment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trustees for the time being of the Bymyam Trust v Butcher Shop and Grill CC (11877\/2020) [2021] ZAWCHC 240 (19 November 2021) In our law, in specific instances, a tenant may claim remission of rental, in whole or in part,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":24461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-property-law-update"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Property Law Update | Remission of rent due to Covid: Remedy available for sub-tenant? 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