28th June 2022
Summary The Council was the Defendant’s landlord. The Defendant’s lease permitted the Council to recover legal costs...
20th June 2022
Introduction On 16 June 2022, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities released its White Paper, “A...
11th May 2022
This was the question before Recorder Midwinter QC on a recent application for permission to appeal in which James...
5th May 2022
It has long been recognised that the law of forfeiture is draconian. In 2006, the Law Commission published a report proposing...
7th March 2022
The case of Eastern Pyramid Group Corp SA v Spire House RTM Co Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 1658 is the latest in a steady stream of...
24th January 2022
The Wild (Canada) Goose Chase concerning Final Injunctions Against ‘Persons Unknown’ It is rare for a Court of Appeal to...
19th January 2022
It has been a challenging two years for those involved with the letting and management of residential property. The...
13th January 2022
It has long been recognised that there are no clear private law routes for lessees to seek redress for unsafe cladding....
13th December 2021
Part 1 - A genuine dispute? CPR r.55.8 under the spotlight At a first possession hearing, the court will either decide...
19th November 2021
Part 3 – The Code of Practice and the policy behind the Bill This is the final part of our 3-part series on the recent...
15th November 2021
On Tuesday 9 November 2021, the Government introduced the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill (“the Bill”) and a Code of...
23rd August 2021
Adverse possession is a legal principle whereby a person who does not have legal title can become the owner of land by being...