Chris Bryden

This Q&A considers whether a landlord who enters into an agreement to surrender a lease and grant a new lease of a reduced area in the same premises is under an obligation to obtain an EPC.

This Q&A looks at the forum for proceedings to determine whether an agricultural licence has been converted into a tenancy.

This Q&A considers whether a new buyer will have the benefit of the previous tenant’s covenants despite there being no assignment of any interest in the demised premises, and if so, whether the landlord will be able to serve an LTA 1954 notice without the owner of the other property.

This Q&A looks as the tenants' right of first refusal and the tenant's right to acquire the freehold. It considers the interaction between landlord's notices given under section 5 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 and a tenants' notice given under section 13 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.

This Q&A considers which remedies are available to a landlord renting out a plot of land on a caravan site when the licensee has stopped paying rent and refuses to leave.

This Q&A considers when a landlord can issue possession proceedings for possession of an assured shorthold tenancy under section 8 of the Housing Act 1988.

This Q&A considers whether forfeiture provisions can be implied where a company becomes insolvent and if not how a landlord can get a tenant out of their premises.

This Q&A covers the nature of a tenancy of a property used for holiday lettings that has continued beyond its contractual expiry, and how it can be terminated.

This Q&A considers whether would a section 21 notice, and later a claim form for possession, be valid if in the name of A and B solely, with no mention of the trust where the landlord owns the property as joint tenants and has entered into a tenancy agreement.

This Q&A considers the steps a landlord should take when they wish to serve a section 21 notice in relation to a tenancy deposit received in 2014 but not protected until 2017.

This Q&A considers how the Coronavirus Act 2020 affects the service of a section 25 notice.

This Q&A considers whether a tenant can apply for the recovery of costs where a landlord serves a counter-notice, accepting a tenant’s right to a lease extension under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, however, subsequently the landlord fails to engage leading to an application to the FTT.

This Q&A considers the section 8 procedure in the Housing Act 1988 (HA 1988).

This Q&A looks at whether a landlord can demand rent where a notice to terminate an annual periodic AST requires the tenant to give notice to vacate early, in the context of a case study.

This Q&A considers when a section 17 notice be served on a former tenant.

This Q&A considers the nature of granted rights from one party to another over land.

This Q&A considers what constitutes an agricultural activity and when an FBT might be appropriate.

This Q&A considers whether a leaseholder can apply to the First-tier Tribunal to require the freeholder to execute a deed of variation to update a lease plan where the freeholder refuses to do so despite the lease plan not reflecting the actual layout of the property

This Q&A considers the validity of a lease which was executed by a former director of the tenant company.

This Q&A considers the status of a lease where it has been signed by a power of attorney from the incorrect division and whether there is procedure to resolve this.