Can the landlord increase the rent after service of his trigger notice?
The lease will usually state how much the tenant must pay to the landlord whilst the rent review is ongoing. It is common for the tenant to pay the passing rent until the review is concluded, at which point he must pay the difference between the passing rent and the new rent for the time between the rent review date and the date the review is concluded. Added to this, he may have to pay interest. The tenant may agree, on a without prejudice basis, to pay a slightly increased rent on a without prejudice basis in order to ease his cash flow but this is unusual.
