P1971

Re From the Forest - if the tenant paid all the back rent and is continuing to pay rent as it falls due then there is no Court case to proceed (if the sole reason for the landlord terminating the lease was non payment of rent). The tenant is entitled to get back into the property and start trading - if there were other breaches of the lease that might be a slightly different matter but on the face of it, from what you say, the tenant should be legally entitled to re-enter the premises and start trading.

It is a brave landlord who allows a new tenant in before the relevant period after termination (or forfeiture as it's properly known) has expired.

That said, it seems odd that the tenant would pay all the arrears and not get straight back into the building with a view to getting everything all up and running again so he can trade and keep on paying the rent going forward.