Chris Bryden

This Q&A considers the steps that can be taken when a subpoena for the production of a Will is served and acknowledged but the documents have not been produced.

This Q&A considers what steps can be taken when personal service of a subpeona for the production of a Will or testamentary document cannot be performed or is not accepted.

This Q&A considers views from the bar on how a claim form can be served when coronavirus (COVID-19) is affecting the postal service.

This Q&A looks at the steps a landlord must take when requiring a tenant to vacate premises at the end of the statutory term.

This Q&A considers purchaser's options where the approved estate layout does not match the transfer plan, including HM Land Registry guidance on registration of estates and changes to approved layout plans.

This Q&A considers the effect of TOLATA 1996 on trusts of sale.

Mini summary: This Q&A considers the process for making changes to Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) to allow for first responders to use bus lanes.

This Q&A considers the legal procedure for claiming beneficial interest, whether in circumstances where a property is jointly owned by two individuals as joint tenants, but only one covers the mortgage, there are alternative legal avenues aside from beneficial interest and how the contributing party can claim a stake exceeding 50% if they solely finance the property.

This Q&A considers whether an external enforcement agent attempting to obtain recovery of a liability , be classed as the council's agents, under the law of agency.

This Q&A considers whether a notice of intention not to grant a flexible tenancy under section 107(d) of the Housing Act 1985 (HA 1985) is still needed when a flexible tenancy comes to the end of its five year fixed term and the landlord wants to grant a new flexible tenancy but at a different, smaller property.

This Q&A considers the nature and extent of a landlord's obligations where a building has been rated as sub-standard (via a B2 rating on an EWS1 form).

This Q&A considers the forfeiture of a lease.

This Q&A considers the procedure for starting a claim for a new lease under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 where the landlord opposes renewal.

This Q&A considers which Pre-Action Protocol to follow in circumstances where a tenant has vandalised and damaged a fire alarm and subsequently fails to pay for the repairs: the Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims or the Practice Direction Pre-Action Conduct and Protocols.

This Q&A considers whether when an individual applies to replace an old form City of London Corporation (CLC) 'charter streets' licence for underground projections, under the relevant provisions of the Highways Act 1980, there any legal authority or known practice of CLC that provides useful assistance for that process?

This Q&A discusses the situation where both landlord and tenant have agreed an immediate surrender, the fixed term tenancy has expired and the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 was excluded from the original lease. It focuses on whether you can enter into a deed of surrender and what type of occupation the tenant would then have.

This Q&A covers the application of the doctrine of subrogation to indemnities in commercial agreements.

This Q&A considers whether you can recover loss of profits for reputational harm and, if so, what method of calculation may be used.

This Q&A looks at who is the qualifying tenant for the purposes of a notice claiming the right to manage, when a flat is let to two joint tenants.

This Q&A considers the ability of the vendor of an expired lease protected under the provisions of Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954) to sublet the premises to the purchaser, with a linked issue relating to dilapidations.