Ground B - Persistent Delay in Payment of Rent

Compensation payable to the tenant? Factors the Court will consider Other points to note
No The frequency of late payments, the length of delay, the action taken by the landlord as a result and the tenant's reasons for the delay.

Whether appropriate lease provisions or security can protect the landlord's position.

If the landlord has not previously complained about the late payments, it may be prevented from relying on this ground.

Once the Court is satisfied that there has been a persistent delay in paying the rent, the tenant must prove that its conduct is sufficiently unlikely to recur so that it should be granted a new tenancy.