Property & Real Estate Barristers
Forfeiture
Forfeiture – A Cautionary Tale
16th August 2022
By Nicola Muir It has long been recognised that the law of forfeiture is draconian. In 2006, the Law Commission published...
Contractual costs and forfeiture clauses: Mayor and Burgesses of the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council v Khan [2022] EWCA Civ 831
28th June 2022
Summary The Council was the Defendant’s landlord. The Defendant’s lease permitted the Council to recover legal costs...
Residential forfeiture: abandoning a flat with no forwarding address
5th May 2022
It has long been recognised that the law of forfeiture is draconian. In 2006, the Law Commission published a report proposing...
Tanfield Talks “Live Event” – Forfeiture: why would you!? How could you!!?
27th May 2020
The Coronavirus Act 2020 has wrought significant changes to the law of forfeiture in the commercial context. In this third...
Does CRAR mean the right to forfeiture is waived? Commercial landlords should carefully consider their options…
9th April 2020
Case commentary: Brar v Thirunavukkrasu [2019] EWCA Civ 2032 The procedure by which a landlord may recover arrears of...
Richard Granby resists application for relief from forfeiture of a long lease for non payment of rent in the High Court
13th May 2019
Richard Granby resisted an application by a long leaseholder for relief from forfeiture for arrears of service charges...
Relief from forfeiture requires proprietary or possessory rights
18th June 2018
First published in LexisPSL on 5 June 2018. Property Disputes analysis: Robert Bowker, barrister at Tanfield Chambers,...
Forfeiture Masterclass
6th Apr 2017
The Forfeiture Masterclass will be split into three sessions as detailed below. Topics Before Forfeiture Nicola Muir...
When is relief from forfeiture available?
26th January 2017
Property analysis: Is relief from forfeiture only available to claimants with proprietary or possessory rights? Barrister...
After Freifeld, when might a tenant be refused relief from forfeiture?
21st August 2015
In Freifeld v West Kensington Court Limited [2015] EWCA Civ 806, long-lessees had deliberately granted a future sub-lease of...