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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...
Philip Rainey KC shortlisted as Real Estate Silk of the Year at the Chambers & Partners Bar Awards 2023
11th September 2023
We are delighted to announce that Philip Rainey KC has been shortlisted for Real Estate Silk of the Year at the Chambers...
Annie Higgo joins Tanfield Chambers
8th September 2023
We are delighted to welcome Annie Higgo as a member of chambers. Annie has just successfully completed pupillage with...
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...