Article by members of Tanfield Chambers Service charges; recoverability of legal costs as a service charge; recoverability of legal costs and as an administration charge Summary Considering a clause in a long lease that permitted the Landlord to recover legal costs...
Landlord and tenant (general)
This section contains material on a number of different landlord and tenant matters. The topics covered can be seen in the contents box on the left. There are also separate specialist landlord and tenant sections in the Update Library on:
Assethold Limited v Hoye and Fox [2022] UKUT 173 (LC)
Article by Members of Tanfield Chambers Service charges; Insurance Summary The Upper Tribunal overturned a decision of the FTT (First Tier Tribunal) that Insurance Costs were not payable by the leaseholders due to the landlord’s failure to serve a notice required by...
Valley View Health Centre (a firm) and others v NHS Property Services Ltd [2022] EWHC 1393 (Ch)
Article by Managing Editor Ian Quayle This recent case has shed some interesting light on some issues involving commercial tenancies. The High Court had to deal with several cases which involved the terms of tenancies for buildings which had been owned by primary...
Llangewydd Court Ground Rent Estate v Ralph [2021] UKUT 251 (LC)
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/LC/2021/251.html Summary The Upper Tribunal refused an appeal against the application of the “deferment rate” but the judgement opens the door to further challenges Facts The case concerned an enfranchisement of a house in South...
Ground Rents
Ground Rents Contributed by Robert Kelly, Commercial Business Development Manager, Stewart Title Ltd Not the End…But the Beginning of the End for Ground Rents When the provisions of the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 come into force on 30 June 2022, the...
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
Landlord and Tenant: Residential Leases The editors of this section are members of Tanfield Chambers; Katie Grey, Richard Alford, Edward Blakeney and Robyn Cunningham Vectis Property Company Ltd v Cambrai Court Management Company Ltd [2022] UTUK 42 (LC) BAILII link....
Residential Leaseholds – The big picture
Residential leaseholds: The Big Picture Contributed by Ian Quayle, CEO, IQ Legal Training Changes to CQS The changes to CQS which came into force on the 1st of May 2022 have caused some consternation amongst the legal profession. Whilst I do not profess to have...
Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022
The editor of this section is Sarah Thompson-Copsey, solicitor and freelance property law trainer ([email protected]) Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 On 24 March 2022, the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 (the Act) received Royal Assent and came...
Consents
Gabb v Farrokhzad [2022] EWHC 212 (Ch) https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2022/212.html Summary The court granted a declaration that the landlord had unreasonably withheld/delayed consent to proposed assignment in breach of lease and statutory duty under...
Legal Costs and Service Charges
The editors of this section are members of Tanfield Chambers namely: Katie Gray ([email protected]) Richard Alford ([email protected]) Edward Blakeney ([email protected]) Kensquare Limited v Boakye, [2021] EWCA...