Article contributed by Sarah Thompson-Copsey   Rail for London Ltd and TTL Properties Limited v London Borough of Hackney [2022] EWHC 2929      Bailii link:  https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2022/2929.html      Summary   Rent payable under headlease by...

The editor of this section is Sarah Thompson-Copsey, solicitor and freelance property law trainer (sarah@thompsoncopsey.com)  Clipper Logistics Plc v Scottish Equitable Plc [2022] (Sheffield Count Court, 07.03.22)   (As this is a County Court decision it is not on...

Saville-Edells & Saville Edells v Jain   [2021] (CLCC, 15.12.21) (As this is a County Court decision it is not on Bailii: you can find a transcript on our site at https://www.propertylawuk.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Saville-Edells-v-Jain-2021-CLCC-.pdf ) ...

W (No.3) GP (Nominee A) Limited v JD Sports Fashion plc   [2021] (Nottingham CC, 22.10.21)  (As this is a County Court decision it is not on Bailii: Please find the transcript on our website at...

The editor of this section is Sarah Thompson-Copsey, solicitor and freelance property law trainer (sarah@thompsoncopsey.com)  Macey v Pizza Express (Restaurants) Ltd, [2021] EWHC 2847 (Ch) https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2021/2847.html    Summary  The...

Introduction Section 33 - Duration of new tenancy. Section 33 is the following terms: "Where on an application under this Part of this Act the court makes an order for the grant of a new tenancy, the new tenancy shall be such tenancy as may be agreed between the...

New Electronic Communications Code An overview Article by Thekla Fella, Partner with Fladgate LLP (www.fladgate.com). After a long wait, the new Electronic Communications Code came into force in December 2017. The new Code is a complete replacement of the existing...

Hazel v Akhtar [2001] EWCA Civ 1883 Facts Landlord opposed tenants application for a new lease on grounds (a) and (b) of s30; i.e. disrepair and persistent delay in paying rent. These are discretionary grounds. The rent was payable quarterly in advance. The tenant had...

Relevant statutory provision The ground set out in Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, s30(1)(f) provides: "that on the termination of the current tenancy the landlord intends to demolish or reconstruct the premises comprised in the holding or a substantial part of those...

Introduction Section 30(1)(g) of the 1954 Act provides the following as a ground entitling the landlord to resist an order for a new lease: "that on termination of the current tenancy the landlord intends to occupy the holding for the purposes of a business carried on...