Alexander Campbell

This Q&A addresses the question of whether a static caravan can be a dwelling-house for the purpose of the Housing Act 1988, such that a landlord may serve a section 21 notice to terminate a tenancy of the caravan.

This Q&A considers the question of whether a landlord has to give notice in a specific form and obtain a court order to evict a tenant who has lived with the landlord for 24 years.

This Q&A addresses the question of whether a notice which is given under section 25 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 is invalid if it gives the incorrect address when identifying the demised premises.

This Q&A considers whether the grant of a registrable lease out of an unregistered reversion triggers compulsory registration for that unregistered reversion.

This Q&A addresses the question of whether a repairing obligation which a landlord has under a lease is affected by the fact that a room which was labelled as a store room in the lease is now in fact used as a habitable room (ie for sleeping in or otherwise using for living purposes).

This Q&A considers whether the prohibition on letting ‘ub-standard’property under regulations 23 and 27 of the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015, SI 2015/962 applies to the grant of a tenancy at will.

This Q&A addresses the question of whether the right of first refusal which is contained in Part I of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 applies to a sale which is carried out in order to enforce a charging order.

This Q&A looks at the use of 'dwelling' and 'residence' in covenants against use other than as a private dwelling.

This Q&A considers, following eviction of the registered owner of a property pursuant to a court order for sale and possession, whether the party with possession becomes liable for council tax for the period between eviction and completion of sale.

This Q&A considers whether, following a landlord forfeiting a lease by peaceable re-entry, the landlord can rely on a clause in the lease which states that they can dispose of any items left behind in the property or whether the landlord needs to serve a torts notice before disposing of the goods.

This Q&A considers what the nature of a licensee’s occupation is in circumstances where the licensee has remained in occupation of commercial premises after the licensor has taken action to terminate the licence but where the parties have been negotiating the terms for a new lease.

This Q&A considers whether there has been any clarification on the interpretation of the word ‘promote’ as set out in section 58 of the Housing Associations Act 1985.

This Q&A addresses how rents under assured and assured shorthold tenancies provided by private registered providers are regulated.

This Q&A addresses the question of how rents of RA 1977 tenancies provided by private registered providers of social housing are regulated.

This Q&A considers how a cohabitee can establish a beneficial interest in property.

This Q&A addresses the question of how a person can prove devolution of title to the HM Land Registry in respect of a conveyance of land which took place in 1842.

This Q&A considers the costs consequences for a group of tenants who serve an invalid collective enfranchisement notice on the landlord under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 and subsequently serve a second notice correcting the error.

This Q&A considers how a landlord can terminate a tenancy where they cannot be certain of the date on which an implied annual periodic commenced.

This Q&A considers the question of whether a local authority is obliged to offer the freehold of a property to the secure tenant of that property, prior to putting the property on the open market, if it is thought likely that that secure tenant has acquired the right to buy.

This answer Q&A considers whether a notice requiring possession is valid if, in respect of a periodic tenancy which has periods beginning on the first of the month, the notice is served after 5pm on first June and states that possession is required on 31st July.