Chris Bryden

This Q&A considers the impact on a financial claim where one spouse dies during divorce proceedings.

This Q&A considers what happens to a headlease which has been disclaimed, out of which a number of subleases have been granted, where more than three months have passed, and no interested party has applied for a vesting order. It also considers the significance of the three months and the effect on the headlease and whether the Landlord can now negotiate a new lease to a new party (not an existing subtenant or other interested party, where forfeiture is not an option.

This Q&A considers what happens to a leasehold property owned by a foreign company if that company is struck off but the lease is not forfeited and what the options are for recovering ownership of the property.

This Q&A considers what happens to active litigation if all the directors of the claimant company resign before it is completed.

This Q & A considers what happens to Traffic Regulation Orders (TRO) when they are superseded or become superfluous.

This Q&A considers what happens when a landlord steps back/wants to retire from his management obligations under a lease (in a situation where the right to manage company has been dissolved).

This Q&A considers the situation where an individual dies abroad and the family wishes the body to be repatriated, in light of the travel restrictions in place following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

This Q&A considers the Authorised Economic Operator scheme and what benefits it may provide to businesses in the UK when trading after Brexit.

This Q&A considers what constitutes an introductory tenancy for the purposes of HA 1996, s 124. It discusses the election by a LHA to operate such a scheme and the key features of an introductory tenancy including the trial period as prescribed by HA 1996, 125.

This Q&A considers the measures of damages where a tenant does not leave a property after expiration of a lease.

This Q&A considers the approach to be taken when challenging a spent criminal conviction in public children care proceedings in relation to contact.

This Q&A considers how to measure the centre of the highway in relation to frontagers and whether the centre, is the calculation done on the full width of the footways and vehicular traffic roads combined.

This Q&A considers the consequence of a party deliberately disclosing the contents of without prejudice correspondence to a trial judge during oral evidence in a case where there is a dispute of fact, where there is only one witness giving live evidence on each side and witness testimony is the key evidence in the case.

This Q&A considers the procedure for an attorney of a sole executor to renounce administration for the use and benefit of the incapacitated executor.

This Q&A looks at whether an EPC is required on the renewal of a commercial lease.

This Q&A considers the effect of a wayleave agreement which has been registered at HM Land Registry and whether the wayleave agreement binds the new purchaser.

This Q&A considers the consequences for a superior landlord and subtenant where the intermediate landlord is dissolved.

This Q&A considers the effect on a mortgage where the legal owner and sole mortgagor makes a declaration of trust transferring the entire beneficially ownership to another party.

What is the impact of section 233B of the Insolvency Act 1986 on a supplier or customer based in the UK where the supply contract is not governed by English law.

This Q&A looks at the impact of the death of a party regarding a pending appeal in relation to a final financial remedy order.