Commercial lease: reminder of the essential obligation to issue the lessor. By Mathilde Block, Lawyer.

By two judgments of 10 April 2025 (N°23-14.099 & 23.14-974), the third civil chamber of the Court of Cassation recalled the essential obligation of the lessor: that of issuing a suitable commercial premises and guaranteeing the peaceful enjoyment of them to its lessee throughout the duration of the lease. Neither a clause of waiver of any recourse, nor a general clause placing at the charge of the lessee any work of putting up to standards canno…