Chris Bryden

This Q&A discusses the form of restriction to be used in box 8 of HM Land Registry Form CH1 where a private mortgage is secured on residential property in a family matter to secure that the owner of the property pay the mortgagee the £20,000 at the point that the youngest child reaching 18.

This Q&A looks at what the legal position is where a property has been built on land by someone other than the owner.

This Q&A considers whether an earlier equitable charge over a beneficial interest can take priority over a later legal mortage.

This Q&A considers a situation where a property is registered in the parties’ joint names, the cohabiting relationship breaks down and one party moves out of the property. It looks at the options are available to the remaining owner to remove their former cohabitant from the title of the property where the former cohabitant made no financial contribution whatsoever to the property and also what the remaining owner can do if their former cohabitant refuses to reply to any communications.

This Q&A considers the effect of a restriction entered under section 9 of the Housing Association Act 1985.

This Q&A consider whether, where a property is transferred without an express right of access, this will be implied for maintenance purposes.

This Q&A considers how trustees, as the owners of a property under a Will trust, are able to evict an occupier of the property upon termination of a licence. For the purposes of this Q&A, we have also considered whether the occupier has a beneficial interest in the property.

This Q&A discusses the process after a puisne mortgage has been registered against title to land

This Q&A considers whether a purchaser company needs to be registered at Companies House where they have entered into a legal charge to secure overage sums.

This Q&A considers how to document the purchase of a property in the sole name of the purchaser’s daughter to live rent free for life. It considers how to ensure that a lease intended to endure for the life of a specified individual is not void for uncertainty.

This Q&A considers the meaning of rent review clauses in the context of the Rent Act 1977 as amended by the Housing Acts 1980 and 1988.

This Q&A considers whether the assignor or assignee liable for the back rent where a rent review takes place in a new lease, but is assigned before the review is determined.

This Q&A discusses whether a residential tenant can make a deduction from their owed rent to make up for the landlord not carrying out repairs.

This Q&A considers the gender to be entered in a divorce petition when a party has changed gender.

This Q&A considers the right of long leasehold tenants to manage the building within which their properties are comprised using a right to manage company under the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002.

This Q&A considers the sale conducted by an LPA receiver where the proprietor is deceased. It also considers whether evidence of the proprietor's death is required, the use of a TR2 form, and the removal of the restriction in favor of the mortgagee.

This Q&A considers whether a section 42 notice must be served on a company which was a party to the lease but has now dissolved.

This Q&A considers the legal and professional obligations on a solicitor to disclose a dispute concerning a property being sold.

This Q&A considers whether easements can be created to prevent landlock over a single parcel of land.

This Q & A considers whether the grant of a lease of a building on land designated as open land is caught by the provisions of LGA 1972, s 123(2A).