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The RICS Dilapidations Guidance Note is the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' professional guidance on how chartered surveyors should handle dilapidations matters. It covers schedule preparation, quantified demands, tenant responses, negotiation conduct and expert evidence. It is binding on RICS members as a matter of professional conduct and is regularly revised — practitioners work with the current edition in force.
Dilapidations in England and Wales
RICS professional standard — the authoritative guidance on schedules, quantified demands, negotiation and expert evidence.
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The pages below cover the related subjects that arise in most dilapidations matters.
Dilapidations
The legal framework, process and obligations that sit behind every lease-end claim — covering the Protocol, Section 18 and the yielding-up position.
Schedule of Dilapidations
The formal claim document prepared by the landlord's surveyor — what it contains, how it is structured and how a tenant should respond.
Dilapidations Surveyor
Direct instruction for landlord-side and tenant-side dilapidations matters — schedules, quantified demands, responses and settlement.
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A dilapidations matter handled by a surveyor working to the current RICS standards produces schedules and responses that are proportionate, defensible and aligned with what the courts expect.
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The dilapidations guide covers the legal framework and the Dilapidations Protocol from first principles. For the formal claim document, see the schedule of dilapidations. For the statutory cap on recovery, see Section 18. For direct instruction, see the dilapidations surveyor service.
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Dilapidations are breaches of the repair, reinstatement, decoration and yielding-up obligations in a commercial lease. This guide covers what they are, the interim and terminal categories, typical obligations, and how landlords, tenants and chartered surveyors work through a claim.
A practical guide to what a schedule of dilapidations is, what it includes, when it is served, and how repair, reinstatement, redecoration, Section 18, and related lease rights affect the claim.
A practical guide to Section 18 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927: the diminution cap on repair damages, the second-limb demolition defence, evidence requirements, and how tenants and landlords use Section 18 in negotiation.
A practical guide to dilapidations claims — what they are, how the process works under the Dilapidations Protocol, the legal framework including Section 18 and Jervis v Harris, and strategy on both sides from inspection through to settlement.
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