Chris Bryden

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.

This Q&A considers the grant of exclusive possession of residential property to an employee and his wife, rent free and for the duration of the life of the last-surviving, and the tax issues this presents.

This Q&A looks at liability and defences to a claim for flooding caused by acts or omissions upstream from the defendant.

This Q&A looks at the steps to be taken should an Enduring Power of Attorney be lost and no certified copies are available.

This Q&A considers what claims can be brought in respect of failure to consult under statutory collective redundancy obligations, and for breach of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE 2006). It also considers who is entitled to bring a claim for the protective award or just those dismissed under the process/those that there is a failure to transfer?

This Q&A looks into the considerations necessary when acting for a transferee in the transfer of land as a gift.

This Q&A considers what constitutes ‘reasonable belief’ in relation to section 44 of the Sanctions and Anti-money Laundering Act 2018.

This Q&A looks at the approach to possession of a property let under the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976 where the tenant dies and there is no right of succession.