Property & Real Estate Barristers
News & Events: Landlord & Tenant
Goodbye section 21 – an end to “no-fault” evictions
29th April 2019
Nicola Muir considers the proposal to abolish the section 21 notice procedure and wonders whether it will really make that...
What’s the problem with representing lots of tenants?
28th February 2019
Rotenberg v Point West GR Ltd [2019] UKUT 0068 (LC) The Upper Tribunal has turned its attention to the tribunal rules that...
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]...
Leasehold Enfranchisement Claims – Why it is difficult to reach an amicable solution
14th February 2019
ALEP member Nicola Muir is a senior member of the Tanfield Chambers’ property team. She is a specialist in...
The recovery of a lessor’s legal costs
11th February 2019
In Chaplair Ltd v Kumari [2015] EWCA Civ 798; [2016] L. & T.R. 1, the Court of Appeal decided that a lessor with an...
How much should a residential lease extension cost?
30th January 2019
Published in the L. & T. Review 9 The need for the reform of landlord and tenant law is now a hot topic. The practice...
Colegate & Oths v GJB Estates Ltd & Oths 10 December 2018 CC, HHJ Berkley, Unreported
10th January 2019
Carl Fain successfully represented the defendants in this claim under s.12B of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987. The...
A not so short assured shorthold tenancy
20th October 2018
The ground rent scandal can give rise to accidental ASTs with unexpected consequences You might think that an assured...
Valuation under evaluation: proposals for reform
18th October 2018
Nicola Muir considers the Law Commission's options for reforming the valuation of residential lease extensions. There has...
Nicholas Saunderson v Cambridge Park Court Residents Association Limited [2018] UKUT 182 (LC)
15th October 2018
The Upper Tribunal considered the extent of a tenant's liability to pay for communal heating when that obligation arose only...
Avon Ground Rents Ltd v Child [2018] UKUT 204 (LC)
11th October 2018
The UT comprised of Holgate J and HHJ Hodge QC (also sitting as County Court judges) gave valuable guidance concerning the...
Victory Place Management Co Ltd v Kuehn [2018] EWHC 132 (Ch)
5th October 2018
The management company's decision to withhold its consent for the lesees of a flat to keep a dog in their property had not...