Chris Bryden

This Q&A considers the consequences of sharing correspondence containing legal advice with family members who are not parties to the proceedings in the context of legal professional privilege.

This Q&A considers whether the accounts of a private limited company can be taken into consideration in financial proceedings.

This Q&A considers financial remedy proceedings and what options may be available in relation to obtaining information regarding a related trust, where one party to the proceedings is a beneficiary of several trusts.

This Q&A considers whether a prescribed form of a section 21 notice is necessary to determine a periodic assured shorthold tenancy entered into in 2012.

This Q&A considers payment of claimant’s costs by a beneficiary and how this should be recorded.

This Q&A considers case law regarding inclusion of a roadway within title to property pursuant to LPA 1925, s 62.

This Q&A considers whether a property adjustment order in relation to a property purchased under the right to buy scheme would create an exempted disposal in accordance with the Housing Act 1985 and whether the discount under the scheme would still be repayable.

This Q&A considers whether a trustee can be added to the title of property held as tenants in common via an EPA and whether the trustees need further powers or leave of the court in order to sell the property.

This Q&A considers whether a property can be sold which has been held by A, B and C as tenants in common and A has passed away.

This Q&A looks at the procedure under the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 in relation to claims under the Trusts of land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996.

This Q&A considers whether a landlord of a property let on an AST can bring a claim for possession in their own name following the death of a co-owner.

A property is owned by three siblings who hold the legal title. The property is trust property and the siblings are also trustees of the trust. The Q&A considers whether it is legally required to include details of the trust in a section 48 LTA notice or a new tenancy agreement or the section 48 LTA notice and/or new tenancy agreement can simply use the siblings' names as landlords as per the title documents.

This Q&A considers whether a statement of truth has legal effect where a seller’s solicitor has provided a statement of truth instead of a statutory declaration.

This Q&A considers holding a property as beneficial joint tenants, the TOLATA framework, and disputes as to the proceeds of the sale of the property.

This Q&A considers the liability of a mortgagee in relation to goods and chattels left behind at a mortgaged property by a mortgagor following repossession.

This Q&A considers whether the executors of a Will would be responsible for the accounting to HMRC for the capital gains tax gain of a property that has been sold on the instructions of the legatee and whether the tax due would be payable from the estate or the specific legatee.

This Q&A considers whether a build over agreement is needed for a public foul sewer running across an extension built in 1999.

This Q&A looks at whether and how a highways authority can take action against the owner of private land abutting a public path where a landslip from the private land is obstructing the public path.

This Q&A considers the Copyhold Act 1852 and whether these rights no longer apply in a register of title and if have they been extinguished.

This Q&A considers how a landlord can regain possession if the tenant dies halfway through a fixed term AST.