Chris Bryden

This Q&A considers whether in a situation where a property owner serves a letter on an adjoining landowner requiring it to vacate land owned by the property owner, that letter will prevent the adjoining owner successfully claiming adverse possession of the land.

This Q&A considers whether a highway authority must fence off open land bear a highway.

This Q&A considers whether a purchaser of an unregistered property has title to grant new leases if they failed to apply for registration at HM Land Registry within two months of completion.

This Q&A considers the implications and effects of a lease extension being granted outside of LRHUDA 1993 and registered against the freehold title, not the underlease title.

This Q&A considers how a landlord should serve notice to quit or notice seeking possession on a tenant that lacks mental capacity.

This Q&A relates to the position where a cross-petition has been filed but the respondent is out of time for filing an acknowledgment of service or answer.

This Q&A considers whether a respondent to a divorce petition relying on unreasonable behaviour, who has filed an acknowledgment of service accepting the divorce, is able to submit an answer within the 21-day deadline if they later decide to defend the divorce.

This Q&A considers whether the procedural requirements for release of a restrictive covenant, must be expressed to be made pursuant to section 33 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982.

This Q&A considers whether, in a situation where a retail tenant is in administration and the store is shut due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the administrations are liable to pay rent as an expense of the administrator when they intend to re-open the store after coronavirus.

This Q&A considers whether a tenant can claim back/withdraw his share of the reserved fund on the sale of their leasehold flat, if a right to manage company holds a large reserve fund.

This Q&A considers the failure of a divorce applicant to apply for a conditional order and/or seeks to withdraw the proceedings. The Q&A also considers the procedural options the respondent has to ensure that the divorce can progress, and the ongoing financial remedy proceedings issued on the strength of the original divorce application are not jeopardised.

This Q&A considers what options are available to a local authority if a structure was dangerous and the owner was unidentifiable pursuant to section 77 of the Building Act 1984 for an Order.

This Q&A considers surrogacy and the issues that might arise in relation to parental responsibility when the surrogate is married.

This Q&A considers forfeiture of a lease by a landlord whilst a tenancy deposit exists but the tenant has failed to pay rent for three months.

This Q&A considers whether a landlord can allocate monies received from a tenant who is in arrears of rent and who also has a liability under a costs recovery clause, to the costs or if it must be used for the rent where the tenant has not specified what the monies should be used for.

This Q&A considers whether an assured shorthold tenancy which has become a statutory periodic tenancy is a qualifying tenancy for the purpose of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987.

This Q&A examines whether an original lease can be varied to include an additional piece of land.

This Q&A considers whether a transfer of a part of a freehold is treated as an estate maintenance charge and what the consequences of non-payment are.

This Q&A considers whether a voluntary controlled school putting up a temporary demountable structure on a playing field owned by a local authority, triggers the duty to transfer the land to the school under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.

This Q&A considers the ability of administrators to serve notices under section 5 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987.