Cornerstone Barristers

This Q&A addresses the question of whether the term ‘rights to the access of light’ in paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 6 to the Housing Act 1985 has the same meaning as a right to light and constitutes a right to light.

This Q&A addresses the question of whether, when a local authority tenant exercises the right to buy their council property, the garden falls within the definition of the house or whether it instead falls within the definition of ‘land let together with’ the house.

This Q&A considers the question of whether a landlord under a telecoms lease (which is not covered by the LTA 1954) would have to exercise landlord break clauses in addition to serving an 18-month notice under Part 5.

This Q&A considers whether postings on a members’ personal social media account could amount to a breach of the member code of conduct adopted by a local authority as required by section 27(2) of the Localism Act 2011.

This Q&A considers whether express tenancies at will in a commercial property can later be interpreted as protected periodic tenancies by virtue of the parties conduct.

This Q&A highlights key principles and considerations for contracting authorities when valuing a contract for the purpose of the financial thresholds under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015), SI 2015/102. It also looks at an example where a contracting authority is looking to value a managed service contract, where there is a difference between the remuneration to be paid to the contractor and the sum to be paid under the contract as a whole.

This Q&A considers the exempt information rules and whether there are sanctions for failing to comply with them.

This Q&A considers tenant’s options in circumstances where they have issued proceedings in uncontested lease renewal proceedings under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, have not yet served those proceedings, but now want to vacate the premises at the earliest opportunity.

This Q&A considers the duties a local authority has to investigate when it receives a request to assign secure tenancy from an individual going into residential care.

This Q&A considers what the duties of an environmental health officer in relation to the HHSRS are and what powers of enforcement an environmental health officer has.

This Q&A considers service of a NOSP under the HA 1985 and what affect this has on the legal status of a secure tenancy.

This Q&A addresses the question of what effect the service of a notice to quit has on the legal status of a secure tenant and of an unauthorised occupant. This Q&A also addresses the question of whether an eviction warrant is required once a possession order is made by the court or whether possession can simply be taken on the date of possession without a warrant.

This Q&A looks at what happens to the amount of community infrastructure levy (CIL) payable if a development's Gross Internal Area (and thus its chargeable amount) is altered by an application under s 96A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

This Q&A addresses the legal consequences for a secure tenant of a local authority when the local authority landlord sells the freehold of the premises concerned.

This Q&A considers breach of condition notices and the time frame for complying with them after an unsuccessful judicial review.

This Q&A considers what the term ‘true value of land’ means in relation to a lease extension for the purposes of Land Registry practice guide 67.

This Q&A considers whether a right of way includes a right to load and unload.

This Q&A sets out the procedure for recovering expenses where a local authority has taken emergency action to render a dangerous building safe, under section 78 of the Building Act 1984.

This Q&A considers how best to end an unofficial letting of a storage container.

This Q&A considers what the procedure is to end a monthly assured periodic tenancy which has come about by the service of a notice pursuant to paragraph 4(1) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 in 2013 which terminated the long residential tenancy.