Chris Bryden

This Q&A considers the difference between a lease and a licence, and how different occupation and rent can affect this.

This Q&A considers whether a schedule of dilapidations should be formally served on a tenant at their registered office or property, as part of negotiations for a lease renewal.

This Q&A considers an appointment under section 144 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (IHTA 1984) as well as a variation or disclaimer under IHTA 1984, s 142 for a nil rate band Will trust.

This Q&A considers the transfer of an assignment between tenants under the LTA 1954 and whether an assignment has taken place.

This Q&A looks at periodical payments.

This Q&A considers whether landlords are required to serve a notice under HA 1988, ss 8 or 21 when issuing a claim for possession based on rent arrears.

This Q&A considers the risk to a purchaser in respect of property containing an entry to the effect that the property is subject to such liability to Corn Rent as may be subsisting in relation to it and whether there are any potential liability be covered by indemnity insurance?

This Q&A considers whether deceased’s executors are entitled to take possession of a property from the deceased's cohabittee who has removed all of their belongings and cancelled all direct debits associated with the property.

This Q&A considers a situation where the completion of a lease has been delayed since 2020 and is now being finalised. The lease includes a rent review that was scheduled for 2023, and it considers whether the lease can be completed now, with the 2023 rent review conducted after completion.

This Q&A considers who the estate of a person passes to when they died intestate, had no children or a spouse and the deceased’s mother dies six weeks after the deceased, leaving a Will. Letters of administration for the deceased’s estate had not been granted prior to the deceased mother’s death.

This Q&A considers who is responsible for ensuring that trees on property, left to an executor by the deceased but has not yet been assented, do not cause damage to a neighbour’s property.

This Q&A considers the options available in an intestate estate where there is an individual trespassing on estate property. In the scenario a grant has not yet been obtained.

This Q&A considers the consequences of failing to file a budget discussion report when one is required.

This Q&A considers whether the employer can rely on a contractual provision entitling them to recover money for training costs etc if the employee chooses to leave employment in circumstances where the employer has fundamentally breached the employment contract and the employee is entitled to resign in response, and does so.

This Q&A considers whether the exclusion within the MEES Regs 2015, reg 20(3)(b), stating the Regulations do not apply to a tenancy granted for a term certain of 99 years or more, applies to a very long tenancy that contains a break option in the lease?

This Q&A considers which address a section 42 notice should be served upon by the executors of a tenant.

This Q&A considers whether a guarantee for a lease is effective if the registerable lease has not been registered.

This Q&A considers the home rights of a non-owning spouse where decree absolute has been pronounced

This Q&A looks at whether (and if so how) a landlord must serve notices under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 when proposing to dispose of a building in which the residential leases have been granted but not yet registered.

This Q&A considers how to start proceedings where a freeholder of a mixed use residential and commercial property would like to forfeit the lease on grounds of non-payment of rent.