Property Disputes weekly highlights—17 March 2022

Table of contents

• Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Lords briefing examines ‘COVID-19 and the Courts’ report
• HMCTS publishes updated operational summary for week commencing 14 March 2022
• Rent and rates
• Landlord could not charge for giving notice of rent under s 166 CLRA 2002 (Stampfer v Avon Ground Rents Ltd)
• Contractual issues
• Court exercises inherent discretion to remove restriction on Land Registry title preventing property development (Quay House Admirals Way Land Ltd v Rockwell Properties Ltd)
• Repairing obligations and dilapidations
• The Building Safety Bill—March 2022 update
• Hillingdon Council announces landlord couple must pay £27,000 for renting unfit property

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Article summary

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: a Supreme Court judgment that a landlord can seek possession of a secure fixed–term tenancy if relying on an exercisable break or forfeiture clause, a High Court case on the inherent jurisdiction to remove a restriction on the Land Registry title, and Upper Tribunal cases on a landlord charging a fee for giving notice of rent, and separate penalties for joint landlords in breach of HMO obligations.