Chris Bryden

This Q&A considers whether a conditional fee agreement can be amended to reflect additional information that comes to light after it has been entered into.

This Q&A considers when an unpaid invoice can be cleared.

This Q&A looks at whether a tenant can use the address for service recorded at the Land Registry to serve a notice seeking a lease extension under section 42 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.

This Q&A considers the action a creditor can take against a non-cooperative executor to satisfy a judgment debt obtained against the estate.

This Q&A considers the applicable law in English and Welsh courts where a tortious act has occurred in Denmark.

This Q&A considers the local authority’s obligations in relation to maintaining an electively home educated plan for a young person beyond compulsory school age who has previously been electively educated at home.

This Q&A considers the consequences of failing to register a lease granted for a term of more than years for both the landlord and the tenant.

This Q&A considers the consequences of not cancelling an expired leasehold title and removing an expired notice from the Landlord's freehold title.

This Q&A considers the HM Land Registry requirements where a tenant has lost their original lease executed by the landlord.

This Q&A considers the implications for a landlord when its tenant is struck off the Companies Register and dissolved, but the tenant company was unaware and continued to occupy the property.

This Q&A looks at the implications of referring to a charge expressed as a percentage of the gross, as opposed to the net, value of the property.

This Q&A considers the consequences which result from death of a tenant under an implied periodic tenancy which enjoys security of tenure under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.

This Q&A considers key considerations when determining whether to issue proceedings under the Married Women's Property Act 1882 or the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 including limitation periods, the powers of the courts and relevant case law.

This Q&A looks at how a tenant can end a fixed term assured shorthold tenancy where a relationship has ended.

This Q&A considers how a local authority can enforce financial penalties for relevant housing offences for which a financial penalty has been imposed instead of criminal prosecution as permitted by HA 2004, s 72(6). It covers the court procedure required to commence enforcement.

This Q&A relates to a proposed sale by one executor at an undervalue and focuses on the methods in which a sale could be prevented.

This Q&A considers the provisions that govern whether evidence consisting of covertly made recordings may be admissible within private law proceedings under the Children Act 1989.

This Q&A considers the legislation and guidance necessary when a maintained school wishes to change the name.

This Q&A relates to a situation where a person has died intestate and his estate (or part of it) devolves to a minor under the rules relating to intestacy.

This Q&A considers the power and policy considerations for a local authority when developing housing outside of the Housing Revenue Account.