Property & Real Estate Barristers
Articles
A busy residential road lies ahead
6th January 2020
By Nicola Muir What’s new and happening in residential property law in 2020? It’s that time of year again when I dust...
A new question: When is a flat not a flat?
2nd December 2019
By Nicola Muir Having struggled with ‘what is a house?’, the Court of Appeal has turned its attention to ‘what is a...
Ghosh v Hanover Gate Mansions Ltd [2019] UKUT 290 (LC)
29th November 2019
Summary A contact between a landlord and a managing agent was found to have come into existence when the performance of...
Triplerose Ltd v Ms Bronwen Stride [2019] UKUT 99 (LC)
29th November 2019
Summary There was inadequate evidence to conclude that a lease was ‘unsatisfactory’ for the purposes of s.35 of the...
East Tower Apartments Limited v No.1 West India Quay Residential Limited LON/00BG/LSC/2014/0329
29th November 2019
Summary The long-running saga of East Tower Apartments Limited v No.1 West India Quay Residential Limited continues. The...
Camden LBC v Morath [2019] UKUT 193 (LC)
29th November 2019
Summary The First-tier Tribunal had been correct to refuse a local authority landlord's application under the Landlord and...
Westlake Estates v Yinusa [2019] UKUT 225 (LC)
29th November 2019
Summary For the purposes of Section 47 of the 1987 Act, where only one address is contained in the invoice, this is...
Jonathan Upton wins important appeal on the Ft-T’s jurisdiction in land registration cases
6th November 2019
Jonathan Upton wins important appeal on the Ft-T’s jurisdiction in land registration cases Wolloff v Patel [2019] UKUT...
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...