Chris Bryden

This Q&A considers the benefits of granting an easement over leasehold property and the desirability of equitable easements.

This Q&A considers whether a tenant can serve a section 26 request in the registration gap while only having the equitable title and not yet being the registered proprietor of the leasehold interest.

This Q&A considers whether a tenant can swear a statutory or simple declaration by electronic means for the purposes of excluding security of tenure under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.

This Q&A considers when and how a tenant can withdraw an application to the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) for a rent repayment order once it has been issued.

This Q&A considers whether a testator can leave their share of residence on a life interest trust for the survivor where there is an equity release (lifetime) mortgage on the property.

This Q&A considers whether an application to register the transfer of property can progress in the event that the buyer dies prior to completion of registration of the transfer.

This Q&A considers whether a verbal contract between two parties can be terminated on reasonable notice where the parties did not agree any termination provisions.

This Q&A looks at the limited circumstances in which consideration may be given by the court to the revocation of an adoption order under its inherent jurisdiction and the ‘exceptional’ nature of such cases.

This Q&A considers whether an affidavit can be sworn over the phone or on skype.

This Q&A considers whether an annual periodic farm tenancy can be terminated by a deed of surrender and an agreement to surrender be entered into in relation to a farm tenancy so that the deed of surrender can be completed on a date in the future?

This Q&A considers whether an applicant for an order under the Family Law Act 1996 release a copy of a statement they have made in those proceedings to the police for the purpose of a criminal investigation concerning the respondent.

This Q&A considers whether an applicant can withdraw an EIA screening request.

This Q&A considers the intestacy rules, whether there is a method of preventing the operation of the intestacy rules in these circumstances, and any alternative method of making a claim.

This Q&A considers whether an applicant for a premises licence can withdraw their application at the hearing.

This Q&A considers whether an application may be made for a freezing order after a final order has been made in family proceedings.

This Q&A considers whether the attorney of a donor can renounce probate on the donor's behalf in a situation where both are appointed as the executors in the Will.

This Q&A relates to the ability of the holder of a Lasting Power of Attorney to act on behalf of an executor.

This Q&A looks at whether the requirement for use 'as of right' for acquisition of an easement by prescription can be met when the user's predecessor in title had a licence.

This Q&A considers whether an employee is entitled to refuse to return an employer’s confidential documents that they have taken in order to evidence criminal conduct by the employer as part of a potential whistleblowing claim.

This Q&A considers the employer's entitlement to damages in a situation where the contractor is in repudiatory breach.