Property & Real Estate Barristers
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Western Beach Apartments v Leaseholders: fire safety, lease variations and remedies under the Building Safety Act
14th September 2023
Robert Bowker and Greg Barnbrook review the implications of the Western Beach Appartments case. On 3 August 2023, the...
Tribunal sheds light on applications for cladding remediation orders
14th September 2023
Robert Bowker and Pauline Lam of Russell Cooke discuss this important recent case in which they acted for the successful...
Cladding remediation and related costs recovery – a new case in the FTT: St John Street Property Services Ltd v Riverside Group Ltd
11th September 2023
Robert Bowker and Jeremy Weaver, an associate director at Bradys Solicitors analyse the recent case of St John Street...
When are service charge costs ‘reasonably incurred’?
14th August 2023
Recent decisions shed fresh light on the reasonableness expected of landlords. Nicola Muir investigates. Lessees of...
2-4 Leigham Court Road – remediation order – Building Safety Act 2022
10th August 2023
Robert Bowker and Pauline Lam (Russell Cooke) discuss this important recent case. Background In 2-4 Leigham Court Road,...
Caught in the Act? Problem cases under the qualifying lease regime in the BSA 2022
8th August 2023
Andrew Butler KC takes a look at the problems associated with the new qualifying lease regime in the Building Safety Act...
When are Costs “Reasonably Incurred”? – S. 19 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
7th August 2023
Nicola Muir examines two recent cases on s19 of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1985. Lessees of residential flats are not...
RTM companies are entitled to apply for a s.168(4) determination in the FTT: Eastpoint Block A RTM Company Limited v Akehinde Olufunlola Otubaga
1st August 2023
Amanda Gourlay and Annie Higgo represented the successful appellant in the Court of Appeal in Eastpoint Block A RTM Company...
Buildings Safety Act 2022: Different statutory regimes do not operate in isolation (Various leaseholders of Priory Heights v Central Beds Council)
20th July 2023
In Various Leaseholders of Priory Heights v Central Bedfordshire Council (CAM/00KC/HIN/2022/0006), Robert Bowker, instructed...
Certification Requirements and Conveyancing: Dealing With the Blunt End of the Building Safety Act
4th July 2023
Sara Jabbari looks as the certification requirements in the BSA and how it affects conveyancers. Introduction It is...