Question juridique clé
Whether a tenant may seek a rent reduction at lease expiry on the absolute method where the prior rent came from an indexed lease.
Solution extraite
Yes. Because the previous rent resulted from an indexed lease and the reduction was sought at contractual expiry, the tenant could rely on an absolute factor.
Motifs extraits
In such exceptional situations, jurisprudence allows the absolute method; indexed or stepped rents are treated differently from ordinary ongoing rent reviews.