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Junior Landlord & Tenant Conference 2019 – 4th October
Tanfield Chambers’ Junior Landlord and Tenant Conference returns for its sixth year. Tickets are now available,...
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....
WEBINAR: All you need to know about the effect of the coming into force of the Tenant Fees Act 2019
18th June 2019
Our experts Katie Gray and Will Beetson address the effect of the coming into force of the Tenant Fees Act 2019 on 1st June...
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...