Cancellation of residential lease agreements and the consumer protection act by Waseem Hussain
In the unsettled current economic circumstances, tenants are often unable to continue with fixed-term residential lease agreements, resulting in early cancellation of the lease. Tenants who are “consumers” in terms of the Consumer Protection Act (“the CPA”) are entitled to early cancellation of a fixed-term lease. Section 14(2)(b) of the CPA provides that if a …