Chris Bryden

This Q&A considers what pre-completion searches may be carried out to reveal any entries on the registered title which may affect the deed of variation, where the deed of variation is not for value.

This Q&A looks at who may bring a claim for a financial penalty under s 214 of the Housing Act 2004 where a tenancy deposit was paid by a third party rather than the tenant.

This Q&A considers who would be liable to pay the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) if the developer became insolvent and there was a third party who owned some of the land being developed.

This Q&A considers the options open to a father with parental responsibility who wishes to make an application for copies of his child's medical records and school reports.

This Q&A considers who can make a claim under ChA 1989, Sch 1 apart from a child who was the carer of their deceased mother, and whether a guardian appointed by the mother or the father who was not married to the mother would have parental responsibility for the child. There is no dispute as to paternity and the father signed a declaration of parentage.

This Q&A considers whether the court in England and Wales have jurisdiction to hear an application where a father seeks a prohibited steps order in respect of a child currently living in England to prevent the child being removed from England to Ukraine, and where the father is English and lives in England and the mother is Ukrainian living temporarily in England with a host family.

This Q&A considers if, where a final charging order obtained against the beneficial interest of a debtor in a property they jointly own with a third party, and a Form K restriction is entered. If the joint owners sell the property, and the charging order is overreached, would the charge attach to the proceeds of sale. Specifically, would the beneficiary of the charge have any advantage in recovering those proceeds of sale compared to other than unsecured creditors.

This Q&A considers whether a party can apply to have their periodical payments in respect of their children reduced from the sum specified in the original financial order.

This Q&A considers potential avenues to enforce an order made in England and Wales in an EU member state, together with the implications of Brexit.

This Q&A considers when a transferor in practice is prevented from enforcing a covenant and whether it makes a difference if the ‘T’ marking in the conveyance plan does not appear in the HMLR title plan.

This Q&A looks at the proper recipient of a notice under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, where property was held jointly and one co-owner has died.

This Q&A considers whether, where lessees have replaced balustrades and tiling in a block of flats, but which now need to be repaired, the landlord is liable to reinstate the tenants’ fixtures/fittings or whether they are only liable to reinstate the balconies to their original standard.

This Q&A considers the position where one qualifying tenant is unable to exercise the right of refusal along with the other qualifying tenant because the latter is proposing to buy acquire the landlord's interest on their own account.

This Q&A considers which forms are required and which fees are payable to HM Land Registry where a grant of probate has been issued and the beneficiaries would like to transfer the property into their names.

This Q&A considers whether the statutory right to acquire prevails over the express provisions of a headlease which prohibits underletting.

This Q&A considers potential proceedings that could be brought by a husband in a divorce in relation to situation when a husband and wife mortgaged their matrimonial home and applied the mortgage funds to the renovation of a property owned by the wife’s father.

This Q&A considers whether attorneys can protect property without having to serve notice on a tenant in common.

This Q&A considers a mortgagee in possession’s duties in relation to other creditors of registered entries on the title when entering into possession and exercising the power of sale.

This Q&A considers the remedies available to a judgement creditor in an interim charging order protected by a Form K restriction.

This Q&A considers whether a change to the lease plan will invalidate the contracting out.