Chris Bryden

This Q&A considers the powers available to a local authority to ensure compliance with coronavirus (COVID-19) isolation requirements at a private residence.

This Q&A looks at the procedure for an application under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. Specifically, it considers whether a claimant should file any written evidence on which they intend to rely with their claim form, setting out the facts on which the claimant relies including all material facts of which the court should be made aware. It also considers whether an application should be brought under Part 8 of CPR 1998 and if not under which part it should be brought.

This Q&A considers the legal time limit for which a pre-emption agreement will remain legally enforceable.

This Q&A considers whether the tenant’s notice period of one month in a statutory periodic tenancy must expire on the last day of the period of the tenancy.

This Q&A considers how long a local authority must give to residents to raise objections and how long it must 'consider' those objections under section 123(2A) of the Local Government Act 1972 (LGA 1972). It also considers how long a decision by a local authority, pursuant to this section, must be open to judicial review.

This Q&A looks at the difference between a tenancy belonging to a government department and a tenancy held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department.

This Q&A considers, in the context of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Protocol 2019, whether a solicitor who is a member of the CQS can charge a fee for a notice to complete if there is no provision in the contract for such fee to be charged.

This Q&A considers, in the absence of an amending SI modifying the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 (the Commercial Agents Regulations), SI 1993/3053 after IP completion day, the effect of Regulation 1(3)(b) permitting agents in member states to agree to be subject to the Commercial Agents Regulations instead of the legislation implementing EU Commercial Agents Directive in their own Member State.

This Q&A considers who is responsible for a party wall in the absence of any evidence in the title deeds to the properties concerned.

This Q&A considers how to transfer property held abroad by a couple in a country where the local law prohibits an interest of land to be transferred to a non-national of that area.

This Q&A looks at the formal documentation required in a transaction involving the retirement of one trustee (of multiple trustees) and the appointment of a new trustee, triggering a compulsory first registration of the unregistered land.

This Q&A looks whether in the case of the sale of a freehold investment property which is subject to a mix of commercial leases and long residential leases, the freeholder obliged to obtain and provide energy performance certificates (EPCs) for the different elements of the property.

This Q&A relates to whether a new completion date can be agreed after giving notice to exercise a put option, while preserving the right to serve a notice to complete.

This Q&A considers, in the context of assignment of a lease with an authorised guarantee agreement (AGA), if the original tenant enters into an AGA but is likely to be dissolved as a limited company in the new company, would a further personal sub-guarantee provided by the directors of the company be a breach of anti-avoidance provisions.

This Q&A considers whether tenants can qualify for statutory rights of first refusal or collective enfranchisement where there are two flats in a building, held under a single lease.

This Q&A considers the forfeiture of a head lease and what affect this might have on a sublease.

This Q&A considers whether the 'resident landlord' exemption under section 1(4) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 can be invoked by the non-resident executor of a deceased landlord.

This Q&A considers whether the grant of a charge over trust properties needs to satisfy the requirements of a Form A restriction which has been registered on the title to those properties.

This Q&A considers whether a child maintenance order included in a financial order by consent is still enforceable after 12 months.

This Q&A considers the consequences of granting a concurrent lease.