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Business tendencies
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.
Forfeiture
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.
Electronic Communication Code
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.
Property disputes
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Latest Property Disputes News
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published a policy paper setting out how it will collect and use data to monitor...
This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: a Court of Appeal decision regarding the status of unexercised options to renew...
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has announced the introduction of a Neighbourhood Guarantee establishing minimum...
Property Disputes analysis: On 11 March 2026, judgment was handed down in Crest Nicholson Regeneration Ltd v Calvert. Joanne Wicks KC of Wilberforce...
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published a leasehold toolkit providing guidance on the leasehold landscape and...
Latest Property Disputes Practice Notes
A contractual option to take a lease for a further term is a ‘call’ option. It confers a unilateral right on the tenant to call for a renewal lease....
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.A family intervention tenancy (FIT) is a tenancy of a dwelling house granted...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.DemotionA secure tenancy can be demoted to a 12-month probationary tenancy if the...
Excluded tenanciesA tenancy or licence cannot be secure if it falls within one of the exceptions:•long tenancies•introductory tenancies or tenancies...
Goods are often left behind when a lease ends or a property is sold, especially following forfeiture by re-entry when there may have been no notice....
Latest Property Disputes Precedents
To [Insert Building Owner]Of [insert Building Owner’s main address]The Party Wall etc Act 1996Acknowledgement of NoticeAs Adjoining Owner[s]...
I, [name], of [address] do solemnly and sincerely declare that:1[I have been employed by [name of owner] (‘the Owner’) for [number] years. For the...
[insert address of Landlord’s solicitor or agent ]Our ref: [insert reference]Date: [insert date]To: [Name and address of Tenant]By First Class...
To [insert Adjoining Owner]Of [insert Adjoining Owner’s main address][Insert date]The Party Wall etc Act 1996Notice of proposed works—Party Structure...
LEASEHOLD REFORM, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT 1993Leasehold Reform (Collective Enfranchisement and Lease Renewal) Regulations 1993, SI...
Latest Property Disputes Q&As
Featured Property Disputes content
Private nuisance—general principles
Private nuisance—general principlesWhat situations can give rise to a claim?Private nuisance is a ‘violation of real property rights’. It involves...
Occupiers’ liability
Occupiers’ liabilityOccupiers' Liability Act 1957Under the Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 (OLA 1957), an occupier of property owes a common law duty of...
Specific performance of property agreements
Specific performance of property agreementsIf a party to a property agreement fails to comply with its obligations, the other party may wish to apply...
Forfeiture of a lease
Forfeiture of a leaseWhen can a landlord exercise the right to forfeit a lease?Forfeiture is a landlord’s right to bring a lease to an end as a result...
Remedies for breach of restrictive covenants
Remedies for breach of restrictive covenantsThis Practice Note explains when damages for breach of restrictive covenants might be awarded in lieu of...
Notice to complete
Notice to completeThis Practice Note covers what ready, willing and able means and the consequences of serving an invalid notice. A party who is...
Nuisance—what are public and private nuisance claims?
Nuisance—what are public and private nuisance claims?Nuisance claims are recognised in the following way:•private nuisance—substantial interference...
Periodic tenancies
Periodic tenanciesThis Practice Note sets out the nature of a periodic tenancy and the procedure and notice periods for terminating such a tenancy. It...
Rectification—mutual mistake
Rectification—mutual mistakeRectification is an equitable remedy by which the court can correct an error of expression where a written document does...
Quick guide to benefit and burden of covenants on assignment
Quick guide to benefit and burden of covenants on assignmentThe Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 (LT(C)A 1995) provides that any lease granted...
Claims for use and occupation, mesne profits, double rent and double value
Claims for use and occupation, mesne profits, double rent and double valueThis Practice Note provides guidance on claims for ‘use and occupation’ or...
Trespass—remedies
Trespass—remediesThis Practice Note covers the remedies available to landowners who find their property has been unlawfully occupied by a trespasser...
Can a deposit held as stakeholder be released if one set of solicitors is unresponsive or provides spurious reasons for withholding consent?
Return or forfeiture of a deposit
Return or forfeiture of a depositA buyer's right to the return of a deposit and the seller's right to forfeit the deposit in relation to a property...
Surrender by operation of law (implied surrender)
Surrender by operation of lawA surrender by operation of law (or ‘implied surrender’) occurs when the unequivocal conduct of both parties is...
Rectification—unilateral mistake
Rectification—unilateral mistakeThis Practice Note considers the remedy of rectification for unilateral mistake. For rectification for common mistake,...
Quick guide to tenant remedies for landlord’s breach of lease
Quick guide to tenant remedies for landlord’s breach of leaseThis Practice Note gives brief details of the main remedies available to tenants to deal...
Associated legal terms
Accelerated Possession Proceedings
Proceedings governed by CPR Part 55 to recover possession of a property let on an assured shorthold tenancy where possession only is sought (ie no other claim, such as for unpaid rent is made). The proceedings are usually dealt with on paper, without the need for a hearing.
Alienation
Assigning, underletting, parting with or sharing possession or occupation of premises. Typically a lease will contain restrictions on a tenant’s ability to do so, without the landlord’s prior written consent.
Schedule of Dilapidations
A schedule served by a landlord on its tenant, which sets out the items of disrepair at a property caused by the tenant’s failure to perform its repairing, decorating, and where appropriate, reinstatement obligations in the lease. The items of work detailed in the schedule may be costed.
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