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The Lockdown and Holiday Lets
14th April 2020
By Piers Harrison Intro There will have been many cottages lying empty over the Easter period. Many of them will have been...
Covid 19 and Frustration of Leases
25th March 2020
Introduction At the time of writing the Coronavirus Bill is being considered in Parliament. The Bill includes a moratorium...
Fearn & Ors v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery [2020] EWCA Civ 104
25th February 2020
Summary There was no cause of action that existed in respect of a private nuisance for overlooking. The instant case was...
Amendments to CPR Part 55: what you need to know
25th February 2020
Summary CPR 55.11 and 55.12 are being amended to remove Demoted Tenancies and oral tenancy agreement cases from falling...
York House (Chelsea) Ltd v Edward Thompson (1) and Domitila Thompson (2) [2019] EWHC 2203 (Ch)
25th February 2020
Summary A husband and wife who are the joint freeholders of a block of flats, granted a number of leases of various parts of...
London Borough of Southwark v Royce & Nicoue [2019] UKUT 331 (LC)
21st January 2020
Summary The First Tier Tribunal had been entitled to reach the conclusions it had as to the degree of separation between two...
Adriatic Land 1 (GR3) Limited v Miller & Others
21st January 2020
Summary On an appeal against a determination of the First-Tier Tribunal (FTT) as to the reasonableness and payability of...
Avon Ground Rents Limited v (1) Cowley and others (2) Metropolitan Housing Trust (3) Advance (4) May Hempstead Partnership
21st January 2020
Summary Likely payments from third parties, including insurers, may be considered when the assessing what sums are...
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....