JUDGMENT

DAVIS, AJ

INTRODUCTION:

[1] The Applicant is the lessor and the Respondent is the lessee of a certain immovable property situated in the Thornhill Office Park, Midrand, Gauteng.

[2] The relationship between the parties is governed by a written Agreement of Lease dated 19 August 2010.

[3] The rental and other amounts payable by the Respondent to the Applicant are provided for in clauses 4, 5 and 6 of the agreement read with item 9 of the schedule to the agreement.

[4] In addition to the monthly rental payable in respect of the office area, the storage area, the covered parking bays, the shaded parking bays and the open parking bays which constitute the leased premises, the agreement also provides for the payment of a contribution towards the municipal and utility charges levied on the premises.