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Security of tenure for business tenancies under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 is a key area for a property litigator. Get the research and tools to advise on how security arises and how it’s terminated, daily.

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Guidance covers the procedural and practical considerations prior to and throughout the process of forfeiting a lease. We give detailed guidance, linking deeper commentary, forms, precedents and a wide range of Q&As.

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Guidance to secure rights to install and retain equipment to provide electronic communications services. Code issues, in respect of granting and terminating agreements, frequently arise between landowners and operators.

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A cohabiting couple live on a jointly-owned houseboat. The relationship has deteriorated and one party now wishes to sell the boat, but the other is refusing. Can an application be made under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (TOLATA 1996) in these circumstances? If an application cannot be made under TOLATA 1996 what steps can the party take to obtain an order for sale of the boat?
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Where an application is made under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 in relation to more than one property, is it necessary to file a separate claim form for each property or can several properties be included in one claim form?
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If two individuals own property as tenants in common in equal shares and one owner refuses to contribute to rates, council tax, maintenance, etc can the other owner seek to reclaim these when seeking an order for sale under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 with an adjustment to the division of sale proceeds or otherwise?
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What recourse is available where a party fails to sign a transfer of a property into another’s name pursuant to a consent order under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996? Can an authorised person sign the transfer? If so pursuant to what power and what is the procedure?
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)—what are the arrangements for contacting courts which are now ‘temporarily suspended’ but which were dealing with ongoing and/or urgent applications?
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Associated legal terms

Peaceable reentry

A method of forfeiture where the landlord physically re-enters the premises by manifesting its intention to forfeit the lease, usually by changing the locks.

Rights of light

A right of light is a form of easement that gives a landowner the right to receive light through defined apertures in buildings on its land.

Torts Notice

/tɔːt/ /ˈnəʊtɪs/

Notice served pursuant to the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977, where goods have been left behind at lease expiry (commonly following forfeiture). It imposes an obligation on a former tenant to collect the goods and allows the landlord to sell the goods, if the tenant fails to do so.
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