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Social mobility advocate: Gemma De Cordova
25th September 2019
Gemma, tell us about your background and why you decided to become a barrister. I grew up in Bristol, the third of four...
Right to manage still extends across shared estate, despite practical difficulties
30th August 2019
FirstPort Property Services v Settlers Company RTM Limited [2019] UKUT 243 (LC) Property analysis: A right to manage...
Farewell to the Assured Shorthold Tenancy
20th August 2019
By Nicola Muir The Government is proposing to abolish Assured Shorthold Tenancies in order to stop "no fault" evictions....
A Change is Gonna Come
22nd July 2019
Nicola Muir examines the Government’s plans to implement reforms to the leasehold system The first wave of reforms to...
Persons Unknown and other known unknowns
8th July 2019
Michael Walsh’s latest article sets out how to obtain urgent injunctions against urban explorers and other trespassers....
Marc Glover acts for tax payers in £2M revenue claim
13th May 2019
(1) Harkness (2) DDS Supplies v HMRC [2019] UKFTT 272, [2019] 4 WLUK 440 Marc Glover successfully represented the...
LM Homes Ltd v Queen Court Freehold Company Ltd [2018] UKUT 367 (LC)
29th March 2019
Summary Leaseholders exercising the right to collective enfranchisement were entitled to acquire the airspace, basement...
Aldford House Freehold Limited v Grosvenor (Mayfair) Estate (1) and K Group Holding Inc (2) [2018] EWHC 3430 (Ch)
29th March 2019
Summary The Claimant failed in its claim for a declaration that it was entitled to acquire the freehold of a building...
Another Success for Tim Polli QC in High Court Mortgage Case
13th March 2019
Author : Tim Polli QC Summary Judgment was handed down yesterday in the case of Dhillon v Barclays Bank [2019] EWHC 475...
Sailing to Byzantium – Blockchain and the art market
11th March 2019
Published in Lyon & Turnbull Newsletter Nothing new under the sun: What has been is what will be, and what has...
When does the ‘elasticity of reasonable promptitude’ snap?
22nd February 2019
The phrase 'elasticity of reasonable promptitude' was used by the Court of Appeal in Gibbs v Lakeside Developments Ltd [2018]...
Case Analysis: Fearn v Trustees of the Tate Gallery [2018] EWHC 246 (Ch)
22nd February 2019
Case Analysis: Fearn v Trustees of the Tate Gallery [2018] EWHC 246 (Ch), Mann J, 11th February 2019. Facts The claim...