Chris Bryden

This Q&A looks ownership of ashes after cremation.

This Q&A considers whether a private college can be prevented from contracting with a provider of bus services for a bus route which is for their private hire only and not made available to the public.

The Q&A considers a landlord’s obligation to respond to a tenant’s request for confirmation of the validity of a break notice.

This Q&A considers whether a corporate landlord could be considered as a 'fit and proper person' for the purposes of the statutory test set out in Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) Order.

This Q&A considers the powers of a justices' legal adviser to make costs orders in family proceedings.

This Q&A considers whether there is any case law in favour of a claimant in tripping accidents in supermarkets.

This Q&A considers whether there is any caselaw in favour of a claimant in tripping accidents in supermarkets.

This Q&A examines whether an individual obtains parental responsibility from being named as the father on a birth certificate.

This Q&A considers whether, in a situation where the tenant agrees to the extension, but the terms of acquisition cannot be agreed, the tenant then has to the apply to the County Court under section 49 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (LRHUDA 1993) to determine the terms of acquisition or whether the application can still be made to the First-tier Tribunal under LRHUDA 1993, s 48.

This Q&A considers whether it is unreasonable for a landlord to insist on adding a clause that states that there is no implied waiver of existing breaches of covenant in respect of a 'new' lease.

This Q&A considers the position with the assigned lease if the assignor company is now dissolved, whether it means that the disclaimed lease reverts to the Crown and so they have to therefore elect to Disclaim the lease also.

This Q&A will consider whether a transfer of the freehold of a block of flats from A&B to B for valuable consideration is a disposal for the purposes of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 is a disposal for the purposes of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987.

This Q&A looks at the liability for costs in lease renewal proceedings where one party has delayed, and the effect of the Costs of Leases Act 1958.

This Q&A looks at service of a section 13 notice claiming the right to collectively enfranchise, where the freehold is held by joint owners and one of them cannot be found.

This Q&A considers the payment of major works carried out by a landlord to a commercial unit under an old lease.

This Q&A considers whether there can be a time limit within which the merger of a leasehold estate and its reversionary estate must take place.

This Q&A considers whether a section 26 notice must be served separately on both the landlord and the superior landlord by the occupational tenant, assuming they could each be described as a 'competent landlord'.

This Q&A considers whether a seller must obtain a missing covenant indemnity policy if they cannot produce a copy of the 1951 conveyance which contains the provision of restrictive covenants.

This Q&A considers what steps should be taken when offices were shut part-way through a disclosure exercise due to coronavirus (COVID-19).

This Q&A considers the appropriate method for removing a Form A restriction where land is transferred by two charitable trustees to newly- incorporated Charitable Incorporated Organisation.