Kate Andrews

This Q&A considers the circumstances in which the landlord can forfeit the lease and whether the right has arisen, including the tenants position if there has been wrongful forfeiture of the lease.

This Q&A case study considers the information that a landlord must provide to a tenant before they are able to serve a section 21 notice to bring a tenancy to an end.

This Q&A deals with the situation where someone has served a Party Wall Act notice and subsequently wishes to withdraw it.

This Q&A covers a situation where the requirements under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (LRHUDA 1993) in respect of the lease and premises are satisfied, in particular LRHUDA 1993, s 7 and any other relevant sections.

This Q&A considers a situation where the Landlord’s agent wishes to electronically sign the section 5A notice. An electronic signature may be valid to enable the landlord’s agent to sign a LTA 1987, s 5A notice, but it is still safer to sign the notice with a wet-ink signature until a clear authority is created.

This Q&A considers the scenario where, if a tenant leaves goods behind, the landlord must comply with the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977 before they can sell or dispose of the goods.

This Q&A considers whether a long lease can be deemed an assured shorthold tenancy and whether the grounds for possession under the Housing Act 1988 would apply to such a lease.

This Q&A discusses whether a prescriptive right attaches to ancillary rights.

This Q&A considers whether a seller who is in rescission of a contract is entitled to claim compensation from the buyer for expenses incurred in addition to forfeiting the deposit or whether their claim is limited to the forfeited deposit.

This Q&A explores adverse possession in relation to registered property.

This Q&A considers presumed dedication of land as a highway.

This Q&A considers whether there is a limitation period which applies to the payment of interest clause of a deed.

This Q&A considers whether, where there is a disturbance to an easement which is causing a nuisance to the dominant owner’s use of the easement, the dominant owner is entitled to carry out works itself, on and/or to the servient land, in order to abate that nuisance.

This Q&A discusses how a landlord may dispose of possessions left by squatters with minimal risk of a civil claim being bought.

This Q&A deals with the situation where the landlord has served an initial notice under LTA 1987, s 5 (section 5 notice), which is invalid, and then wants to serve a new section 5 notice.

This Q&A considers whether if a lease does not contain a rent review clause for business property and it does not state the landlord can increase their prices, can they do so.

This Q&A considers whether a tenant will be required to pay an invoice for advance rent that was issued after the lease is terminated where the tenant wishes to renew the lease.

This Q&A considers whether a tenant covenant to lay only carpet in a flat would be infringed if some other sound proofing material were to be used.

This Q&A considers factual possession, intention to possess, the requisite period, and the additional criteria under the Land Registration Act 2002.

This Q&A deals with the question of consent to change of use of part only of a premises and consent to alterations.