contract-law
Business Licence obtained with fraud
<p>What are the options for a landlord when he/she finds out that the tenant has been doing a business in the house with a licence obtained fraudulently?</p>

<p>A government determination that a license should be issued is authoritative as to the world and typically only the government that issued it would have standing to challenge its validity. Anyone can encourage a government to revoke a previously issued licensed on the grounds that it was obtained fraudulently, but it is up to the issuing government to decide whether to do anything about it. A government could, for example, have been aware of the fraud in the license application but decided to ignore it because it was not a material misrepresentation under the circumstances.</p>

<p>On the the other hand, if the lease expressly requires that the tenant not engage in illegal conduct, or requires that the tenant have a particular kind of license, and the tenant does not, in fact, have such a license, but defrauds the landlord into thinking that the tenant has such a license using a fabricated document purporting to be a license, the landlord would usually have the right to evict the tenant as presenting a fabricated document to comply with a lease term would usually constitute a breach of the lease.</p>

<p>As a landlord, it’s none of your business.</p>

<p>The tenant is entitled to “quiet enjoyment” of the premises which extends to engaging in illegal activity if they like. Unless and until it breaches the lease and/or puts you in a position where you cannot meet your legal obligations there is nothing you can or should do as a landlord.</p>

<p>As a member of the community you can report the suspected offense to the relevant authority.</p>
