XXIV Old Buildings

This Q&A provides what should be included with a section 8 notice.

This Q&A looks at the scope of solicitors’ duties to give clients advice.

This Q&A considers section 17 notices under the LT(C)A 1995 and when they need to be served.

This Q&A discusses whether property demised by a lease, which does not include the structural roof or the foundations, falls under the definition of a house for the purposes of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 or is a flat under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.

This Q&A discusses at which point the 30-day period is calculated from within the context of HA 2004, s 213.

This Q&A considers how to terminate an express declaration of trust if both parties wish to terminate it and remove a restriction from the land register.

This Q&A considers e-signing of oaths during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

This Q&A looks at changes to the law of enfranchisement by the Housing and Planning Act 2016.

This Q&A considers the position of personal representatives where beneficiaries wish to bring a claim against an estate, not under the Inheritance Act 1975.

This Q&A looks at notices under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987.

This Q&A considers what happens to shares owned jointly by a husband and wife when one of them dies.

This Q&A considers a situation under law where a landlord and tenant of a Rent Act 1977 tenancy agree that the tenant will move from one flat to another with the new lease also being a protected tenancy.

This Q&A discusses how a landlord’s ability to recover costs under LRHUDA 1993, s 60 can be negatively affected by a failure to serve a section 45 counter notice.

This Q&A looks at whether a loft is included in the demise of a first floor flat, where the lease is descriptive of what is included in each demise, but is silent on whether the loft space is included in the first floor flat.

This Q&A considers whether there are any circumstances in which the tenant can argue that an authorized guarantee agreement is not needed because it is unreasonable for the landlord to request one.

This Q&A considers if a residuary beneficiary pays off the mortgage on a property left to another beneficiary under the Will, how will the debt to the residuary beneficiary be treated in the estate administration.

This Q&A considers, if a person, acting as attorney for the person entitled to act as the personal representative of an estate, extracts a grant 'for the benefit and use of' that other person, what rights, duties and obligations in relation to the estate does the attorney have.

This Q&A looks at whether service of a section 146 notice in relation to a breach of lease would amount to a waiver of the right to forfeit for earlier breaches of covenant.

This Q&A considers whether rent paid via a different company would amount to an unauthorised subletting and if this creates a protected tenancy in favour of the other company.

This Q&A considers the effect of a vendor selling a commercial property without obtaining an EPC.