Property & Real Estate Barristers
Articles
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...
Litigating Remediation Contribution Orders
4th July 2023
Rob Bowker looks at who will apply and who will pay for remediation and remediation contribution orders under the Building...
Qualifying Leases: Before You Buy
4th July 2023
Richard Miller looks at what the BSA defines as "qualifying leases". Most of the protections for leaseholders of flats in...
Limitations on Recovery of Remediation Costs Through the Service Charge: Schedule 8
4th July 2023
Daniel Dovar looks at the limitations on recovery of remediation costs under schedule 8 under the BSA. Introduction ...
Leaseholder Causes of Action: Key Points for Busy Practitioners
4th July 2023
Hugh Rowan examines three new cases of action under the BSA. The Building Safety Act 2022 (‘BSA’) has fortified...
All Change! Landlord Certificate and Leaseholder Deed of Certificate
4th July 2023
Andrew Butler KC looks at the landlord certificate and leaseholder deed of certificate under the BSA. In this article: ...
Making an Application for a Remediation Contribution Order (RCO)
4th July 2023
James Fieldsend looks at applying for remediation contribution orders under the BSA. Overview Section 124 BSA...
FTT finds that VAT on staff costs are reasonably incurred
29th June 2023
Philip Rainey KC and Carl Fain discuss the recent FTT decision in Various Lessees of Battersea Reach and St George Wharf v St...
The BSA – Faulty Workmanship?
22nd June 2023
Piers Harrison looks at the BSA: some things that definitely don’t work, some that seem not to work and others which have...
A red light for short-term lenders
20th June 2023
The decision of Mr Richard Farnhill sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court on the trial of Houssein v London Credit Ltd...