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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...
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 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...
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 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...
The editor of this section is Sarah Thompson-Copsey, solicitor and freelance property law trainer (sarah@thompsoncopsey.com) Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 On 24 March 2022, the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 (the Act) received Royal Assent and came...
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...
BOOK REVIEW Forfeiture of Leases By Peter Petts and Jamal Demachkie Published by The Law Society £110.00 (ISBN 9781784461546) This book can be purchased here: https://bookshop.lawsociety.org.uk/p/forfeiture-of-leases-1st-edition-paperback/ As we start to see...
Edited by KATIE GRAY, Junior Barrister, Tanfield Chambers Amendments to Pleadings, Fire Safety Claims Mulalley & Co Limited v Martlet Homes Limited [2022] EWCA Civ 32 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2022/32.html Summary The Court of Appeal allowed...
Edited by Richard Alford, Junior Barrister, Tanfield Chambers Settlers Court RTM Co Ltd and others v FirstPort Property Services Ltd [2022] UKSC 1 https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2022/1.html Summary The Supreme Court held that the rights and responsibilities of...
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