Chris Bryden

This Q&A looks at whether a mistake in the date given in a section 21 notice will make the notice invalid.

This Q&A considers whether a joint owner can be compelled to sign a section 25 notice.

This Q&A considers whether a secure tenant can be said to have lost security of tenure in respect of a property which they ceased to occupy and whether possession can be obtained following their death.

This Q&A considers the renewal of a business and residential tenancy.

This Q&A looks at whether information on social media may be used as evidence in public children proceedings and the implications of the provisions of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.

This Q&A considers how a sole trader’s business bank account would be treated by the court in financial remedy proceedings.

This Q&A considers what will happen when a claim is brought against a party against whom there is no basis to claim.

This Q&A considers pension attachment orders for a second spouse.

This Q&A considers how the beneficial interest under a strict settlement passes on the death of the tenant for life.

This Q&A considers the data HM Land Registry records and the capacity of an attorney to carry out certain functions.

This Q&A considers the steps to be taken when a judgment debtor defaults under the terms of a suspended committal order.

This Q&A looks at the consequences of a tenant making alterations to a commercial property without the consent of the landlord.

This Q&A considers whether, if a retrospective consent is granted through a deed of variation for carrying out works to extend a kitchen of a demised premises into the demised garden area, but which included knocking through a wall retained by the landlord, the variation amount to a deemed surrender and regrant.

This Q&A considers the restrictions upon the ability of the landlord to obtain possession where a tenant company enters into a company voluntary arrangement (CVA).

This Q&A considers whether a landlord, who serves a contracting out notice under the Landlord and Tennant Act 1954 in respect of the agreement to surrender but the tenant then fails to sign the declaration and vacate, will be treated as having inferred a protected periodic tenancy?

This Q&A considers whether a section 146 notice is required where a landlord intends to forfeit for a tenant's failure to top up a rent deposit.

This Q&A considers whether the Landlord’s right to forfeiture can be exercised due to the non-payment of ground rent for the final year of the lease.

This Q&A considers whether an indemnity will be implied where a tenant of commercial premises (T) is granted consent to assign to a third party (NT) subject to the parent companies of T and NT acting as guarantors of NT, with T also providing an authorised guarantee agreement on assignment, and the tenant's parent company (PT) was not a party to the lease, thus is not a party to the assignment and no express indemnity exists.

This Q&A considers the situation where a tenant of commercial premises covenanted not to make any alterations or additions to the premises without the landlord's consent. It discusses if a chattel formed part of the alterations and additions which the tenant is to yield up, and whether it has to be removed to satisfy the vacant possession condition.

This Q&A considers the limitation period for a tenant being able to claim damages from the landlord for failing to protect a deposit.