An exploration of tacit relocation and its current
meaning, application, and possible reform under Scots
law.
What is tacit relocation?
Tacit relocation is a concept most widely recognised in Scotland
in lease law.
It applies when a Scottish property lease comes to its
contractual end without either Landlord nor Tenant having first
served notice to quit on the other.
Various options for reform of the process have been suggested,
however, until these are enacted you must give notice if you want
your lease to end at its specified termination date.
By their silence, the parties are presumed to have agreed that
the lease should continue on the same terms as originally agreed,
except for:
