Georgia Whiting

This Q&A looks at what options are available to a seller in relation to rental income received between exchange and completion.

This Q&A considers whether there is any way to expedite the procedure for the Land Registry to serve a title closure notice on a former tenant who remains on the title of a property.

This Q&A considers forfeiture by peaceable re-entry.

This Q&A discusses the validity of a section 21 notice and the Assured Shorthold Tenancy Notices and Prescribed Requirements (England) Regulations 2015.

This Q&A considers whether a landlord is required to provide the tenant with an up to date asbestos survey confirming its removal or whether the consignment note is sufficient to confirm the removal of the asbestos.

This Q&A considers the minimum period of notice a landlord must give a tenant when relying upon ground 1 of the Housing Act 1988. It also considers when such a section 8 notice will expire.

This Q&A considers the enforceability of covenants in circumstances where there is a superior landlord, an intermediate landlord, and a tenant.

This Q&A considers whether or not an owner of land may construct foundations which encroach onto an adjoining owner’s property, and in particular, whether the Party Wall Act 1996 provides for this in the absence of any rights of access onto that land.

This Q&A concerns the impact of alienation provisions on the hypothetical tenant for the purposes of a rent review.

This Q&A considers whether an underlease can be granted out of a reversionary lease, the term of commencement of the reversionary lease not yet having begun.

This Q&A considers whether a tenant who used a right of way over neighbouring freehold land for a 20-year period will maintain the benefit of that prescriptive right if they purchase the dominant freehold title.

This Q&A considers the position of a purchaser of a tenanted property in circumstances where the outgoing landlord has previously served a section 21 notice on the tenant.

This Q&A considers how a landlord can evict a tenant using the section 21 procedure in circumstances where the deposit has not been protected.

This Q&A considers the right to forfeit a lease due to unauthorised alterations and, specifically, when a landlord is likely to be considered to have waived such a breach.

This Q&A considers whether breaches of a commercial lease covenant to comply with planning Acts and obtaining landlords consent prior to applying for planning permission are continuing for the purposes of forfeiture.

This Q&A looks at whether buildings within a cathedral precinct are excluded from Collective Enfranchisement claims.

This Q&A examines whether the decisions of the First-Tier Tribunal are binding on itself.

This Q&A considers whether there are specific service rules which apply to s20 notices which would state what the correct address for service of the s20 notice is.

This Q&A considers the position of a beneficial owner of a reversionary interest and whether or not that beneficial owner can assign his interest. Further, consideration is given to the effective date of that assignment and the position of the beneficial interest on the original beneficiary’s death prior to reversion.

This Q&A considers whether a joint tenant of an assured shorthold tenancy is able to obtain an injunction to stop the other joint tenant from serving notice to quit to terminate the tenancy.