Property & Real Estate Barristers
Landlord & Tenant
All Change! Landlord Certificate and Leaseholder Deed of Certificate
4th July 2023
Andrew Butler KC looks at the landlord certificate and leaseholder deed of certificate under the BSA. In this article: ...
The Building Safety Act 2022 – Acting for Landlords – Online Course
Join Ian Quayle of IQ Legal Training and Andrew Butler KC of Tanfield Chambers on this online course on The Building Safety...
A proliferation of certification: the impact of Part 5 & Schedule 8 of the Building Safety Act 2022 for landlords and managing agents
11th May 2023
Andrew Butler KC considers the impact of Part 5 of and Schedule 8 to the Building Safety Act 2022, and supporting...
Prescott Place Freeholders Ltd & Ors v Batin & Donovan: High Court hands down judgment in important case on the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987
4th March 2023
Judgment in Prescott Place Freeholders Limited & Others v Batin & Donovan [2023] EHWC 435 has been handed down by...
Give me one good reason: Licence to assign
5th January 2023
Tim Hammond provides a summary of the governing principles that apply if both "good" and "bad" reasons are given by a...
The final word on the recovery of a landlord’s legal costs?
11th November 2022
Probably the most common reason for litigation between landlords and tenants in residential long-leasehold property arises...
Recovery of enforcement costs by landlord: Richard Granby represents successful landlord in appeal to the Upper Tribunal
7th November 2022
Assethold Limited v Neilo Franco [2022] UKUT 285 (LC) Richard Granby represented the successful appellant in an appeal to...
Upper Tribunal clarifies meaning of “reasonably incurred” in s.19(1) Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 for waking watch costs
3rd November 2022
Assethold Ltd v Alexandra Adam and 14 other leaseholders of Corben Mews [2022] UKUT (LC) Mark Loveday and Richard Miller...
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...
Riverside v Unsdorfer: Can a tribunal appointed manager survive a change in landlords?
6th April 2022
In Riverside v Unsdorfer [2022] UKUT 98 (LC), the UT provides a potential solution to the issue of retaining a tribunal...