{"id":116675,"date":"2020-05-27T08:15:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T01:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/law-firms-expect-a-wave-of-see-you-in-court-as-landlords-sue-distressed-tenants-for-unpaid-rent\/"},"modified":"2020-05-27T09:04:38","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T02:04:38","slug":"law-firms-expect-a-wave-of-see-you-in-court-as-landlords-sue-distressed-tenants-for-unpaid-rent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/law-firms-expect-a-wave-of-see-you-in-court-as-landlords-sue-distressed-tenants-for-unpaid-rent\/","title":{"rendered":"Law firms expect a wave of \u2018see you in court\u2019 as landlords sue distressed tenants for unpaid rent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nLawsuits relating to unpaid rents are on the rise as dozens of retailers hit by the economic downturn shut shop, with law firms in Hong Kong witnessing a massive uptick in enquiries seeking advice on recovery of arrears.Lilian Chiang, senior partner and head of the property department at law firm Deacons, said requests were pouring in from landlords pursuing overdue rent and distressed tenants seeking to exit leases. Nearly 80 per cent of the those looking for advice were retail tenants and the\u2026&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/article\/3086138\/law-firms-expect-wave-see-you-court-landlords-sue-distressed-tenants\" target=\"_blank\">Law firms expect a wave of \u2018see you in court\u2019 as landlords sue distressed tenants for unpaid rent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Lawsuits relating to unpaid rents are on the rise as dozens of retailers hit by&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-ulR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":109842,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/landlords-fined-for-seizing-tenants-property-for-years-over-unpaid-rent\/","url_meta":{"origin":116675,"position":0},"title":"Landlords fined for seizing tenant&#039;s property for years over unpaid rent","date":"August 13, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Landlords who seized and held their tenant's belongings for years because she was behind in the rent have been stung with $6000 in fines.Masterton couple Dr Robert Maunsell and Susan Munro rented a unit on their property to tenant...\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Landlords fined for seizing tenant's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":143282,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/landlords-1-3-million-out-of-pocket-in-unpaid-rent-for-first-two-months-of-this-year\/","url_meta":{"origin":116675,"position":1},"title":"Landlords $1.3 million out of pocket in unpaid rent for first two months of this year","date":"March 31, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A long-term landlord says bad management is behind tenants getting so far behind in rent.\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property Report\r Read more...Landlords .3 million out of pocket in unpaid rent for first two months of this year","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7834,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/self-employed-tenants-big-risk-for-landlords-debt-collector-says\/","url_meta":{"origin":116675,"position":2},"title":"Self-employed tenants big risk for landlords, debt collector says","date":"March 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Self-employed tenants are now a landlord's biggest risk after a law change making it easier to deduct unpaid rent from an employee's wages, an expert says.Craeg Williams - 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