Chris Bryden

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.

This Q&A considers form IHT400 and how the personal representatives make a claim for exemption under the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (IHTA 1984), s 11(3).

This Q&A considers whether upon the death of any of the tenants of an unregistered Agricultural Holdings Act tenancy, their interest is assignable/pass to their beneficiaries or their interest ends on their death.

This Q&A considers how to determine whether an employee is 'assigned to the organised grouping of resources or employees that is subject to the relevant transfer' for the purposes of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE 2006), in particular, when looking at the percentage of time spent working at the part of the business that is transferring, where an employee is employed by a holding company but in practice works for various group companies and the nature of the employment is such that the time the employee spends working for each group company fluctuates on an ad hoc basis, how a tribunal will assess the percentage of time spent working in the transferring business.

This Q&A considers when the 18 day period to make an application to set aside a statutory demand begins to run and whether it only includes business days.

This Q&A considers whether when drafting a contractual licence to occupy there is any legal issue or risk for either party, if the licence period is expressed to start in the future (say a few days after completion of the licence) or has already expired and the licence is completed to regularise the period of use.

This Q&A considers the scope of an attorney’s powers under an ordinary power of attorney relating to the donor’s business.

This Q&A considers the date relevant when entering into a reversionary lease, in respect of publishing an EPC.

This Q&A considers when it is necessary to carry out a pre-completion insolvency or bankruptcy search against a seller of property. In addition, it considers what effect the seller’s insolvency or bankruptcy will have on the contract which has been exchanged and on certification of good title to the buyer’s lender.

This Q&A considers how, in a personal injury claim, a defendant company should be identified on a claim form where it has changed its registered name with Companies House since the accident.

This Q&A considers the two different ways in which an application can be made for a Norwich Pharmacal order. The appropriate method to use will depend on whether proceedings have already been commenced. The two avenues are via a Part 8 claim or a Part 23 application.

This Q&A considers whether a respondent is required, when submitting their ET3 response to an employment tribunal claim, to copy the claimant into the email.