Dilapidations protocol: Dilapidations Law and Protocol
The Dilapidations Law and Protocol carries 3 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 14 to 56 day, read 24 October 2026.
2 of the 14 named sources read in full publish a figure; 12 publish none, read 24 October 2026.
By obligation
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| obligationprotocol-response | 56day | 56 to 56day | 1 |
| obligationprotocol-negotiation | 28day | 28 to 28day | 1 |
| obligation1938-Act-counter-notice | 14day | 14 to 14day | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Action Protocol for Claims for Damages in Relation to the Physical State of Commercial Property at Termination of a Tenancy (the Dilapidations Protocol) | 56day | protocol-response | 2026-09-12 |
| Pre-Action Protocol for Claims for Damages in Relation to the Physical State of Commercial Property at Termination of a Tenancy (the Dilapidations Protocol) | 28day | protocol-negotiation | 2026-09-12 |
| Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 section 4 | 14day | 1938-Act-counter-notice | 2026-10-24 |
The sentence each figure was read from (3)
- Pre-Action Protocol for Claims for Damages in Relation to the Physical State of Commercial Property at Termination of a Tenancy (the Dilapidations Protocol), read 2026-09-12:
This will usually be within 56 days after the landlord sends the Quantified Demand.
- Pre-Action Protocol for Claims for Damages in Relation to the Physical State of Commercial Property at Termination of a Tenancy (the Dilapidations Protocol), read 2026-09-12:
The landlord and tenant and/or their respective surveyors are encouraged to meet before the tenant is required to respond to the Quantified Demand and should generally meet within 28 days after the tenant sends the Response.
- Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 section 4, read 2026-10-24:
a period of 14 days immediately following the service of the notice; or
Read in full, publishes no figure
12 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 section 18, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 (whole Act), read 2026-09-26: every candidate on the page was refused
- Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act 1938 section 1, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Law of Property Act 1925 section 146, read 2026-10-24: every candidate on the page was refused
- Limitation Act 1980 section 5, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Limitation Act 1980 section 8, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 section 25, read 2026-10-24: every candidate on the page was refused
- Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 section 5, read 2026-10-24: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- GOV.UK renting business property: tenant responsibilities, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- HM Courts and Tribunals Service, read 2026-10-24: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- RICS Dilapidations in England and Wales (professional standard, 7th edition), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- RICS standard form of consultants' appointment: dilapidations services, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
2 of the 14 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 12 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in day (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 3 figures, never sentences; 13 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per jurisdiction per obligation - the deadline, the cap, the notice, the limitation period - quoted verbatim from the authority with its effective date, so the buyer's page can state the 56-day schedule and 56-day response deadlines, the s.18(1) first and second limbs, the 1938 Act's twenty-eight-day counter-notice and three-year threshold, and the six- or twelve-year limitation period against the actual text rather than against a law firm's summary; the England-and-Wales column beside the Scottish one, which no dilapidations site publishes side by side; and changed-since on every read, which is how a protocol or rate-year revision becomes news here first
13 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (14)
- Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 section 18(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 (whole Act)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act 1938 section 1(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Law of Property Act 1925 section 146(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Pre-Action Protocol for Claims for Damages in Relation to the Physical State of Commercial Property at Termination of a Tenancy (the Dilapidations Protocol)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Limitation Act 1980 section 5(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Limitation Act 1980 section 8(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 section 25(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 section 4(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 section 5(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GOV.UK renting business property: tenant responsibilities(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HM Courts and Tribunals Service(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- RICS Dilapidations in England and Wales (professional standard, 7th edition)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- RICS standard form of consultants' appointment: dilapidations services(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The Dilapidations Law and Protocol carries 3 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 14 to 56 day, read 24 October 2026.
2 of the 14 named sources read in full publish a figure; 12 publish none, read 24 October 2026.
Dilapidations Law and Protocol, obligation protocol-response: median 56 day across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.
Dilapidations Law and Protocol, obligation protocol-negotiation: median 28 day across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.
Dilapidations Law and Protocol, obligation 1938-Act-counter-notice: median 14 day across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.
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