Tanfield Chambers

This Q&A considers when a tenant can serve a section 42 notice under LRHUDA 1993.

This Q&A considers whether there is a tenancy where a property is occupied by one of the co-owners of the property, and whether unity of seisin applies to positive covenants.

This Q&A considers whether the rent increase provisions in section 13 of the Housing Act 1988 apply to an assured periodic tenancy which arose following succession by a family member to a Rent Act 1977 protected tenancy.

This Q&As considers whether proceedings for breaches of the tenancy agreement and for the failure to protect the deposit are to be taken against the landlord or the management company.

This Q&A considers whether the landlord must wait following notification that qualifying tenants will not purchase the freehold.

This Q&A examines whether an agreement intended to be an assured shorthold tenancy can be enforced if the tenant fails to take up occupation.

This Q&A considers whether a leaseholder qualifies for a statutory lease extension where they have not owned the property in their sole name for a full two years, despite owning the flat jointly for ten years.

This Q&A looks at LRHUDA 1993, s 60.

This Q&A discusses whether there is an implied term in law that consent required pursuant to a restrictive covenant cannot be unreasonably withheld and if there areany limits on what the person with the benefit of the covenant can charge as fees for providing the consent.

This Q&A considers whether a landlord can insist that a tenant provides details of any subtenants in accordance with the obligation in the lease where the tenant is refusing to give such information on the grounds of the GDPR.

This Q&A considers whether an occupier acquires security of tenure under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 where occupying with exclusive possession under a licence granted for a period of six months, less two days and if it makes a difference if the occupier is a successor to a business of a previous tenant.

This Q&A considers whether the service of a second section 21 notice would invalidate a prior section 21 noticeand whether possession proceedings could be issued based on the first notice?