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Residential Lease Conveyancing in 2022

Ask The Expert - August

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Ask the Expert - September

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Boundaries and Adverse Possession

Adverse Possession

Acknowledgement of title

Adverse possession and Pye v Graham

Criminal offence

Healey v Fraine [2023] EWCA Civ 549

Land Registration Act 2002

Milton Keynes Council v Wilsher and another [2022] EWHC 578 (QB)

Other miscellaneous points on adverse possession

Rowlands and another v Bishop and another

Weaver v Smith [2023] EWHC 1200 (Ch)

Highway Boundaries and Property Transactions

Highway Boundaries and Property Transactions

Adverse possession

Boundary agreements

Deeds, plans and boundary features

Practical Tips for Boundary Problems

Trees and hedges

Building Business

30 Years Ago, Doing Business Changed Forever

Websites and How to Attract Conveyancing Clients

Building Safety Act 2022

2-4 Leigham Court Road

A Surveyor’s Perspective on the Building Safety Act

All Change! Landlord Certificate and Leaseholder Deed of Certificate

BSA 2022 - Property Transaction Forms

Certification Requirements and Conveyancing: Dealing With the Blunt End of the Building Safety Act

Certification Requirements and Conveyancing: Dealing with the Blunt End of the Building Safety Act - Part 1

Cladding Remediation and Related Costs Recovery – A New Case in the FTT

Demystifying The Building Safety Act 2022: 45 Essential Questions Answered

Leasehold Flats - The 11m Height Rule

Leaseholder Causes of Action: Key Points for Busy Practitioners

Limitations on Recovery of Remediation Costs Through the Service Charge: Schedule 8

Litigating Remediation Contribution Orders

Making an Application for a Remediation Contribution Order (RCO)

PII vs Conveyancing and the Building Safety Act 2022

Qualifying Leases: Before You Buy

Remediation Order - BSA 2022

The BSA – Faulty Workmanship?

The Building Safety Act – Early Reflections

Western Beach Apartment v Leaseholders: Fire Safety, Lease Variations and Remedies Under the Building Safety Act

Business Lease Renewal

Business Lease Renewal - Case Chasers

Contracting out

COVID and Rent Review

Does the Act apply?

Easements on renewal

Electronic Communications Code

Green Lease Terms

Insolvency of landlord

Intention to Occupy

New lease terms (other than rent and duration)

Obligation to Pay Lease Rent

Registration of claim

Rent and duration

Section 25 notices

Section 26 requests

Climate Change and Conveyancers

Setting the Standard: Climate Risk Insights for Property Transactions

Co-ownership and Estoppel

Proprietary Estoppel

Assurance and reliance - Thorner

Free Acceptance – Still a Basis for Unjust Enrichment?

Partnership Dissolution & Proprietary Estoppel

Williams v Williams and ors [2022] EWHC 1717 (Ch) 

Yeomans Row v Cobbe

Equitable accounting

Free Acceptance – Still a Basis for Unjust Enrichment?

Laches and estoppel

Legal and beneficial ownership

Orders for sale

Pallant v Morgan

Proprietary estoppel

Quistclose trust

Satisfying the equity

Commercial Property

A Successful Unjust Enrichment Claim in a Farming Family Context

Commercial Leases – Appeal Against Order for Possession

Document Drafts, Disputes and Overage

Pretoria Energy Company (Chittering) Ltd v Blankney Estates Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 482

Reform of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

The Interaction Between Commercial Property Contracts and Planning

Challenges Linked to Funds From China

How frequently should you refresh ID?

Conveyancing Quality Scheme

Key questions concerning the new CQS scheme

SRA Guidance on Leasehold Transactions

Defective Title Insurance

Boundary Issues

Introducer or Intermediary?

Excluding the right

Alexander Devine Children’s Cancer Trust v Housing Solutions [2020] and Restrictive Covenants

Bucknell v Alchemy Estates (Holywell) Ltd [2023] EWHC 683 (Ch)

Construing rights of way

Easements – Rights of Way

Extent of grant

Implied and s62

Increasing the burden

Parking and mooring

Permission Stops Prescriptive Rights

Pumps, Power & Positive Obligations?

Repair to right of way

Sporting and recreational rights

Substantial interference

Electronic Communication Code

Interim Rights of Access for Operators under the Electronic Communications Code

Property Litigation – The Electronic Communications Code (the Code)

Climate Risks in Property Conveyancing

Interview with Dr Timothy Farewell, Head of Science, Dye & Durham UK

Soil Subsidence Due Diligence: Today and Tomorrow

Defective Manholes

Highways maintainable at public expense: what are they, and how do you identify them? PART 1

HM Land Registry

The Local Land Charges Register at five – Q&A with Allison Bradbury

Landlord and Tenant (General)

Address for Service

Material compliance and breaches

Repayment of rent

Vacant possession

Commercial Leases

Implied periodic tenancy

Commercial property rent review

Commercial Property Rent Review

Commercial Property Rent Review

How To Do a Rent Review - Part 1

How To Do a Rent Review - Part 7

How To Do a Rent Review - Part 9

How To Do a Rent Review – Part 2

How To Do a Rent Review – Part 5

How To Do a Rent Review – Part 6

"Forfeiture of Leases"

Bank of New York Mellon (International) Ltd v Cine-UK Ltd & London Trocadero (2015) LLP v Picturehouse Cinemas Ltd

Coldunell Ltd v Hotel Management International Ltd

Commercial Leases – Appeal Against Order for Possession

Commercial Leases – Rent Arrears

Commercial property rent review

Commercial Property Rent Review

Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act

Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part 2

Law Commission to Review Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part 2

Lease Renewal Terms and Landlord’s Break Right

Leasehold Service Charges

Notice To Quit Oral Periodic Tenancy

Now It’s Seller Beware!

OG Thomas Amaethyddiaeth Cyf v Turner 2022 EWCA Civ 1446

Opposing Renewal Under s30(1)(f)

Option To Call for New Lease Terminated for Breach

Pretoria Energy Company (Chittering) Ltd v Blankney Estates Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 482

Rent arrears; Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022

Valley View Health Centre (a firm) and others v NHS Property Services Ltd [2022] EWHC 1393 (Ch)

Complex Ownership Structures

Is my HA my landlord? And does it matter

Is My HA My landlord? Checklist PART 3

Is My HA My Landlord? Part 2: Pitfalls

Landlord's response

Reasonable refusal

Tenant's request

Aslam v Rehman [2022] UKUT 251 (LC)

Contract – contract formation

Damages and s18 cap

Double Value claim

Landlord's obligation

Schedules and notices

Overlapping demise

Registration gap

Section 146 notices

Settlement and discontinuance

Surrender by agreement (conditional)

Unlawful forfeiture

Stampfer v Avon Ground Rents Ltd [2022 EWCA Civ 1375

Lease Extensions

Lease Renewal Terms: Landlord's Brake Right

Notices to Quit

Landlord and tenant; Notices to quit

Opposing renewal: grounds (a) (b) (c)

Commercial property rent review

How To Do a Rent Review - Part 4

How To Do a Rent Review – Part 3

How To Do a Rent Review – Part 8

Presumption of reality

Rent review notices

Time of essence

Residential Leasehold Management

FTT Finds That VAT on Staff Costs Are Reasonably Incurred

RTM Companies Are Entitled To Apply for a s.168(4) Determination in the FTT

Residential Leases

Applications for First Registration and the Registration Gap

Issues with Shared Ownership

Landlord and Tenant, Validity of Notices

Lease Extension tips for Conveyancers

Lease User Clause

Prescott Place Freeholders Ltd & Ors v Batin & Donovan

Residential Tenancies

Anti-Social Behaviour

Injunctions under 1996 Act

Possession orders

Disrepair Claims

Costs in disrepair cases

Damages for disrepair

Defective Premises Act

Flexible tenancies

Liability of landlord

Notice of disrepair - s11

Anti-social behaviour

Assured shortholds - s21 notices

Assured tenancies

Building Safety

Disrepair claims

Electrical safety standards

Introductory tenancies

Limitation Periods

Proceeds of crime

Right to Manage

Secure tenancies

Solicitors Practice Points

Tenant Fees Act

Tenant's notice to quit

Unlawful eviction

security of tenure and estoppel

Service charges; Insurance

Assethold Limited v Hoye and Fox [2022] UKUT 173 (LC)

Assethold Ltd v Adam [2022] UKUT 282 (LC)

Mayor and Burgesses of the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council v Khan [2022] EWCA Civ 831

The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022

The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022

The Renting Homes (WALES) ACT 2016

The Renting Homes (WALES) ACT 2016

Bank of New York Mellon (International) Ltd v Cine-UK Ltd & London Trocadero (2015) LLP v Picturehouse Cinemas Ltd

Chattels and fixtures

Coldunell Ltd v Hotel Management International Ltd

Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act

Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022

Construction of lease terms

Free Acceptance – Still a Basis for Unjust Enrichment?

Frustration of lease

Goods left on the premises

L & T (Covenants) Act 1995

Landlord and Tenant, Validity of Notices

Landlord and Tenant; Address for Service

Landlord and tenant; Notices to quit

Lease or licence?

Legal Costs and Service Charges

Llangewydd Court Ground Rent Estate v Ralph [2021] UKUT 251 (LC)

Mutual enforceability of covenants

Notices - service

Penalty clauses

Residential Leaseholds - The big picture

Residential Leases- Vectis Property Company Ltd v Cambrai Court Management Company Ltd [2022] UTUK 42 (LC) - Katie Grey, Richard Alford, Edward Blakeney and Robyn Cunningham

Restraint of trade

Service charges and insurance (general)

Subletting, sharing possession or occupation

Surrender by operation of law

Tenancy at will

Turnover Leases

Unlawful eviction

Fixed Recoverable Costs

The Recovery of Legal Costs

Legal Recruitment

Rampling Clarke – The Professional Recruitment Company

Legal Technology

CASE STUDY: Mishcon de Reya

Conveyancing technology … what next?

Cost of Living Crisis: What Does It Mean for Property Lawyers?

Crypto Conveyancing

Data Due Diligence When It Matters

Digital by default 

How frequently should you refresh ID?

JMW Mitigates Cyber Fraud Risk with Dye & Durham’s Lawyer Checker

Making Electronic Signatures and Digital Identity Easier To Use

Mitigating the Risk of Cyber Fraud

New Digital Property Market Steering Group Formed to Drive Crucial Digital Transformation in the Land and Property Market

The Impact of New Technologies on Lawyers and Law Firms

UK Pulse Report - Dye & Durham

What Does It Mean ‘To Be in Business’ in 2023?

Enfranchisement

Development Value and Enfranchisement

Forfeiture - s168

Terms of the transfer

Unfair contract terms

Aviva Investors’ Ground Rents v Williams

Enfranchisement

Insurance and Repairing Covenants

Manager under 1987 Act

Mobile homes and caravans

Right of first refusal

Right to manage

Service and administration charges

Variation of lease terms

Property Boundaries and Cartography

Property Boundaries and Cartography

Additional Enquiries

Civil and Tribunal procedure

Electric Charging Points

Execution by companies

Guarantees and indemnities

Meet the Authors

North Yorkshire Gets Instant Access to Local Land Charges

Register of Overseas Entities

Mobile Homes and Caravans

Debt Respite Scheme

Lees v Kaye and Dixon

Mortgage Enforcement

Mortgage Enforcement 

Mortgage Possession

Assignee of charge

Counterclaim and set-off

CPR 55 Mortgage Possession Hearing

Discrimination defences

Mortgage Possession Claims

Mortgage Possession Proceedings

Possession claims

Mortgages and Insolvency

Standard Breathing Space and Mental Health Crisis Breathing Space Moratoria

Mortgages and Regulatory Compliance

Mortgages and Regulatory Compliance

Regulatory Compliance

Statutory and Regulatory Compliance

Undue Influence

Undue Influence

Facility agreement

Interest-Only Mortgage

Limitation and shortfall

Loan Agreements

Miscellaneous Provisions

Mortgage Litigation

Mortgage of Lease

Mortgage possession

Mortgages - Arthistory Ltd v Campbell [2022] EWHC 848 (Ch)

Negligence and loans

R (on the application of Mortgage Agency Services Number Five Ltd) v Financial Ombudsman Service Ltd

S 36 of the Administration of Justice Act 1970

Statutory and Regulatory Compliance

Summers v TSB Bank Plc

Tenants of mortgagees

Undue influence

New Build Property

Nuisance and Trespass

Damages - account of profits

Defects in neighbouring property

Japanese Knotweed

Occupation by licensee

Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)

The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)

Environment Act 2021

The Environment ACT 2021 – Why bother now?

Rights to Light in Neighbour Disputes

Not in YOUR Backyard! Rights to Light in Neighbour Disputes

Compulsory purchase

Development plans

Planning Authorities and the Avoidance of "Fleeceholding"

Planning Obligations: Some Pitfalls for Residential Conveyancers.

Shutting The Door On Working From Home?

Statutory Declarations and Certificates of Lawfulness

Stranger than fiction

The Environment ACT 2021 – Why bother now?

Possession Claims

Human Rights Act Defences

Cause of action estoppel

Discrimination defences

Homeless persons

Notice and Possession Claims

Protection from Eviction Act

Public Sector Equality Duty

Setting aside orders and warrants

Suspending warrants

Property Litigation

Applications and Strategies

Damages in lieu of injunction

Dell v 89 Holland Park Limited [2022] UKUT 169(LC)

Highways maintainable at public expense: what are they, and how do you identify them? PART 1

Illegality and Mortgage Fraud

Injunctions In Property Litigation

Occupation Rents

Property litigation

Property Litigation & ADR

Property Litigation: Fattal v Fattal [2022] EHWC 950 (Ch)

Tribunal jurisdiction and procedure

Without prejudice

Property Transactions

Scoping the Retainer

Scoping the retainer, a new case but an old problem

A Recent Case Explores the Issue of Constructive Trusts

Estate Rentcharges

Fixtures and Fittings

Gosling and Others v Bradbury and Another [2023] EWHC 199 (Ch)

Land Registration Reform

Misrepresentation and answers to enquiries

Negligence – Duty of Care Owed to Non-Client

Planning obligations

Positive covenants

Pressures Faced by Conveyancers

Reasonable endeavours

Rectification of register

Regulatory Requirements for Overseas Entities

Spire Property Development LLP v Withers LLP [2022] EWCA Civ 970

Writing - s2 of 1989 Act

Public Access to Land

Town and Village Greens

Relationship to planning

Town and village greens

Residential Conveyancing

Alexander Devine Children’s Cancer Trust v Housing Solutions [2020] and Restrictive Covenants

Beneficial Interests of Cohabitees – An End to the “Never Ending Story”?

Climate Change Guidance

Japanese Knotweed--Insure or Litigate?

Negligent Conveyancing – The 10 Most Common Errors

New Builds and The Developers Pledge

Rosser v Pacifico Ltd [2023] EWHC 1018 (Ch); [2023] PLSCS 8

Rowlands and another v Bishop and another

Shill Properties Ltd v Bunch

The Jurisdiction of the Party Wall Surveyor

The Limits of Undue Influence & Unconscionable Bargains

Residential Leasehold Tenants Rights of First Refusal

Stan Gallagher Successful in an Important RTM Decision

Restrictive Covenants

Annexation - Bath Rugby Ltd

Aviva Investors Ground Rent GP Ltd & Anor v Williams & Anor [2023] UKSC 6

Benefit of covenants

CAMMIADE, Re: 1 Acacia Grove [2023] UKUT 96 (LC)

Consent to development

Enforcing covenants

Freehold Restrictive Covenants: Tips and Pitfalls for Conveyancers

Hodgson v Cook & Anr [2023] UKUT 41 (LC)

Interpretation - breach

Livett v Hennings [2022] UKUT 325 (LC).

Modification and discharge

Restrictive Covenants

Restrictive Covenants

Restrictive Covenants

Restrictive Covenants

Restrictive Covenants – principles of construction

Sutton v Baines & Anor [2022] UKUT 342 (LC)

Variation under s610 of 1985 Act

Banks and another v Blount [2022] EWHC 1491 (QB)

Is Your Right of Way Sufficient?

Shared Ownership

2021 Shared Ownership Model Lease

Transactional Issues

Standard Breathing Space and Mental Health Crisis Breathing Space Moratoria

Batish & Ors v Inspired Sutton Limited & Ors

Building Safety Act Q&A

Dissolution, Escheat & Vesting Orders

HM Land Registry

The Local Land Charges Register at five – Q&A with Allison Bradbury

HM Land Registry

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