Key legal question
Whether the 5 March 2009 notices of termination were nullifiable under Art. 271a CO because they were served during the three-year protection period.
Extracted holding
The termination fell within the protection period because the parties had reached a written settlement on the rent-related compensation for renovation nuisances on 14 November 2008.
Extracted reasoning
The correspondence showed an actual dispute over the amount of compensation; the tenants requested rent reduction, the landlord initially relied on climate installation as compensation, and only later conceded one month’s rent. This was an amicable resolution of a lease-related claim.