April

Topics for April 2019:

• Easements: Statutory lease extension – modification of rights granted in existing lease

• Landlord & Tenant (General): Repairing covenant – specific performance; Forfeiture - s146 notice - triggering the right to forfeit

• Long Leases: Service charges – apportionment – costs – identification – representation; Service charges – Major Works – improvement or repair; Defective Premises Act 1972 – Landlord and Tenant; Collective enfranchisement – extent of entitlement

• Mortgages: Short term lending – interest rates – unfair relationship

• Property Litigation: Residential property possession – discrimination; Contract terms – Estate agents commission – Implied terms – Interpretation – Oral contracts.

• Restrictive Covenants: Discharge or modification under s84 Law of Property Act 1925 – limit on number of dwellings; Discharge or modification under s84 Law of Property Act 1925 – Obsolete Covenant

• Solicitors Practice Points: Solicitors Regulation Authority Code of Conduct; New Protocol Enquiry Form.