New Square Chambers

This Q&A considers the duties owed by trustees in investing trust funds.

This Q&A considers the circumstances in which interference with a right of way might become actionable.

This Q&A considers the variation of dispositions under a Will.

This Q&A considers the rights of a mortgagee where a private charge holder has entered into possession of the security (the property) but has not sold the security.

This Q&A focuses on non-disclosure agreements and the implications of reducing the term of a non-disclosure agreement from five years to two years.

This Q&A focuses on rights of way arising by implication of law where land is demised from landlord to tenant.

This Q&A considers the effect of a trustee disclaiming their role.

This Q&A considers the six-month deadline for making a claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, where no grant of representation has been issued.

This Q&A considers the procedure to be followed for a landlord to obtain possession of an assured shorthold tenancy (AST) where the tenant has sublet without consent.

This Q&A considers the risks to a tenant if the landlord fails to produce an EPC on or before completion of a lease.

This Q&A considers how to remove a family member in occupation in order for a family home to be sold with vacant possession and looks at possession from a licensee, possession from a tenant and enforcement of possession order.

This Q&A considers whether the defendant to a probate claim needs to file a witness statement annexing testamentary documents if none of the defendants will defend the claim.

This Q&A considers when a document is deemed served for the purposes of a case within the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) and whether the CPR applies here.

This Q&A considers whether a personal representative who questions the validity of the Will and believes the last Will to be invalid should accept or refuse probate and what other action can be taken, including lodging a caveat and commencing a probate claim.

This Q&A discusses the effect on the rights arising by reason of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 when a lease is assigned by the tenant to a third party.

This Q&A will consider notices seeking possession of property let on assured shorthold tenancies. In particular, where the property is owned by more than one person and/or there is more than one landlord.

This Q&A considers the application of the five-year rule in the context of LTA 1954 when the landlord’s executors seek to oppose the grant of a new tenancy on the basis of ground (g).

This Q&A discusses the most appropriate method to be adopted where a lease is to be extended and an updated plan substituted for the existing plan.

This Q&A considers whether a cause of action exists against an auctioneer for selling goods of a party that were on hire to that party.

This Q&A considers whether a company can return the customers money and refuse to provide the service where a person has completed and online purchase (for services) and money has been taken from their account. It goes on to consider whether the customer has any right of specific performance.