Chris Bryden

This Q&A considers the type of tenancy to be used when subletting a mixed use property.

This Q&A considers the tenancy deposit insurance scheme and the nature in which the letting agency holds the tenancy deposit.

This question relates to a life interest in a residential property and the time at which that interest passes for tax purposes.

This Q&A considers whether a right of pre-emption can be inserted into a land transfer to an academy.

This Q&A considers whether a landlord would have a claim against a local authority where a local authority mistakenly double-recovered an overpayment of housing benefit and subsequently returned the additional amount to the tenant rather than the landlord.

This Q&A looks at the steps that should be taken if a mother wants to take a child to India for up to 28 days.

This Q&A considers the consequences of failing to register a charge at HM Land Registry.

This Q&A considers whether a party that has the benefit of an NHBC policy can, if defects manifest at the relevant property, require the NHBC to provide the remedy that the covered party prefers—ie it can elect whether the NHBC arranges (at its own cost) for the remediation work to be carried out or whether it pays the home owner for the cost of remedying the defects.

This Q&A considers the effect of an excluded assignment on liability under an authorised guarantee agreement.

This Q&A considers the situation where a new tenant intends to take assignment of a commercial lease excluded from security of tenure, but has agreed variations with the landlord principally for the lease to fall within the security of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 and additional variations regarding liability for insurance and maintenance. It looks at whether this can be documented by a lease variation or whether a new lease should be completed.

This Q&A considers whether non-molestation orders can be publicly available.

This Q&A considers whether an implied withdrawal of a notice served under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 (HA 1988) occurs after the tenant receives a notice under HA 1988, s 13(2) to increase the rent, and whether any related dispute would be dealt with by the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber).

This Q&A considers the formal requirements for demonstrating that a parcel of land has been acquired for the purposes of the local authority's highway functions.

This Q&A considers whether, where a partnership is the tenant in a tenancy agreement, it is possible to include a provision for an unnamed potential future partner in the tenancy agreement.

This Q&A considers whether a party who has been sectioned can be served with court orders made under FLA 1996 and ChA 1989, by a process server, while they are in a hospital psychiatric unit.

This Q&A considers whether an application for a third party debt order can include future payments due under a periodical payments order where a party has failed to make payments in accordance with the periodical payments order.

This Q&A examines whether an application under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (TOLATA 1996) can provide an applicant with an interest in the property which then entitles them to pursue an occupation order under section 33 of the Family Law Act 1996 (FLA 1996).

This Q&A considers petitions for a decree of nullity and whether the parties can file divorce proceedings as well.

This Q&A considers whether a party is entitled to put forward Part 35 questions to an expert, as per CPR 35.6 where the other party has instructed an expert to prepare a Part 35-compliant report before a claim has been issued (with the intention of seeking permission to rely on that report if proceedings become necessary).

This Q&A considers the actions available to a party who owns property as a joint tenant, but where the other party refuses to leave.