Kapadia & Ors v The Church Commissioners for England [2026] UKUT 220 (LC)
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Hood v Southern Land Securities Ltd & Anor [2025] UKUT 378 (LC)
This case provides a reminder of the dangers of applying to HM Land Registry or challenging an application made to HM Land Registry, leading to the…
Interpretation of Leases
This case concerns an appeal from a decision of the FTT in which the FTT considered whether a management company’s repairing covenant in leases of…
56 Westbourne Terrace RTM Company Ltd v Davies & Ors [2025] UKUT 88 (LC)
The Upper Tribunal was asked to consider whether the FTT had jurisdiction to vary a residential long lease to enable a landlord to recover legal costs…
Sovereign Network Homes v Hakobyan & Ors [2025] UKUT 115 (LC) (8 April 2025)
In this case the FTT raised, on its own initiative, the question of whether service charge payments were due at all, as a matter of contractual…
Variation of Leases
Pursuant to s.35 of the 1987 Act any party to a long lease of a flat may make an application to the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) for an order varying…
Residential Leasehold
Given the recent guidance and wording for contractual provisions to deal with leasehold management issues during the registration gap provided by the…
Appeal on Administration Charge Reasonableness and FTT Cost Rulings in Landlord-Tenant Dispute
Ian Quayle discusses C lemente v Mindmere Ltd (Rev1) [2024] which concerned a n appeal on a determination of reasonableness of an administration…
The Right to Manage
Mark Loveday takes a look at the proposed reforms to the Right to Manage. Summary of Proposals The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill was published on…
Service Charges
Mark Loveday looks at what practitioners can expect from the service charge provisions of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill and some of the…
Residential Long Leases
Ian Quayle provides a comprehensive analysis of a court of appeal decision on the recoverability of costs in residential long leases. 89 Holland Park…
Modifying Lease Terms in Response to Fire Safety Issues
Article contributed by Ian Quayle The issue of being able to correctly identify the extent of the demise becomes important when attempting to identify…
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