Chris Bryden

This Q&A considers whether it is a requirement to issue a claim in the TCC using CE-filing.

This Q&A relates to the necessary procedure prior to making a claim to acquire the right to manage premises under Part 2 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (CLRA 2002). It considers whether it is compulsory to include the notes at the Right to Manage (Prescribed Particulars and Forms) (England) Regulations 2010, SI 2010/825, Sch 1 in the notice of invitation given pursuant to CLRA 2002, s 78. It also includes consideration of Triplerose v Limited v Mill House RTM Company Limited [2016] UKUT 80 (LC).

This Q&A considers whether it is correct that access over a publicly maintained verge is permitted by vehicles and pedestrians, but that action for damage caused to the verge can be taken against users.

This Q&A looks at how the statutory cap on damages for terminal dilapidations, pursuant to section 18 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927, operates when the landlord has done the repair work.

This Q&A considers whether it is necessary to adjourn proceedings regarding finances pending the outcome of proceedings under the Children Act 1989.

This Q&A looks at the authority for witness coaching and releasing court documents in the Children Act 1989 proceedings.

This Q&A considers whether it is possible for a landowner to grant a lease of an easement for a term of years with payments of periodic rent, and provides reference to Precedents on this.

This Q&A considers whether it possible for a tenant to recover overpayments of rent made to the landlord's predecessor-in-title and whether the claim is made against the predecessor or the current landlord.

This Q&A considers whether an easement can be granted by a person having a possessory title, and whether that easement may be lost if the possessory title is subsequently extinguished.

This Q&A considers if one joint legal owner of a property can instruct an estate agent to accept an offer on the property without the consent of the other joint legal owner.

This Q&A looks at whether it is possible for a property to be simultaneously held as tenants in common and joint tenants.

This Q&A considers whether it is possible to acquire a residential registered property by adverse possession now that squatting in a residential property is a crime.

This Q&A considers whether it is possible to appropriate a lifetime gift left in a will into the name of the charity before selling it to avoid paying capital gains tax.

This Q&A considers whether it is possible to follow the contracting out procedure under LTA 1954 before entering into a licence to occupy commercial land as a fall-back position in the event that the licence was held to be a tenancy, without derogating from the primary position of the occupation being a licence.

This Q&A considers whether it is possible to form a contract via WhatsApp messages and/or emojis.

This Q&A considers whether it is possible to grant a lease supplemental to a tenancy under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (AHA 1986) and if it is, whether the supplemental lease will be an AHA 1986 tenancy or a farm business tenancy under the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995.

This question relates to the nature and extent of a power of attorney. It is assumed for the purposes of this response that the reference to a power of attorney is to an ordinary, rather than a lasting power of attorney.

This Q&A considers whether it is possible to grant an express easement where the owner of the dominant land is not party to the deed of grant.

This Q&A considers whether it is it possible to have an underlying declaration of trust for a joint tenancy of a property which alters the division of ownership between the joint owners from the usual 50:50 share.

This Q&A considers whether it is possible to rely on two facts under MCA 1973, s 1(2) (adultery and unreasonable behaviour) to prove the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.