Chris Bryden

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.

This Q&A discusses the information required to apply for a charging order over land under CPR 73 and how the creditor might obtain the information they need.

This Q&A considers what factors will be taken into consideration when a case is re-allocated from lay justices to a District Judge and whether there is any guidance that should be considered.

This Q&A looks at what fixed costs are applicable for money claims suitable for allocation to the intermediate track but where default judgment is entered. It also considers the impact of a Part 36 offer, if made, on the recoverable fixed costs.

This Q&A considers what form of notice is required to satisfy section 2(1)(a) of the Civil Evidence Act 1995 where a witness is unavailable and the other parties need to be informed of the intention to rely on hearsay evidence of the witness who cannot attend trial.

This Q&A considers what form of security of tenure governs a lease with a telecommunications provider granted in 1998, where there is no reference to a telecommunications code and expired in 2018.

This Q&A considers the guidance available for a forensic accountant valuation of shares in a limited company on divorce.