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The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has published its 2026 financial forecasts of private registered providers, showing record planned investment in...
This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: High Court decisions on the apportionment of rent following a partial vesting of...
HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has published a collection of Business and Property Division forms which contains links to forms for use in...
The Home Office and UK Visas and Immigration have updated the statutory right to rent codes of practice and the landlord’s guide to right to rent...
Private nuisance—general principlesWhat situations can give rise to a claim?Private nuisance is a ‘violation of real property rights’. It involves...
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 agreementsIf a party to a property agreement fails to comply with its obligations, the other party may wish to apply...
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...
What happens to an underlease on termination of the lease?The general common law principle is that, when a lease comes to an end, any underlease automatically terminates. However there are exceptions. This Practice Note covers surrender, merger, surrender and grant of a new lease, the exercise of a
Death of a landlord or tenantThis Practice Note looks at the issues that arise where one party to a lease dies during the term, including the effect on the lease, the rights to terminate that may arise, how to serve notices on a deceased landlord or tenant or name them in proceedings, and the
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some point
Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application
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