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This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) ’s announcement...
The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has published a report calling for faster and more extensive commonhold and leasehold reform....
The Master of the Rolls and the Minister of State for Justice have signed the 195th Practice Direction (PD) Update, which broadens the scope of the...
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...
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 are the rules for validly serving a section 27 Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 notice on the landlord outside of the UK?There are various rules which govern when a section 27 notice can be served and what information needs to be included which are outside the scope of this Q&A. Notice may be
Section 27 LTA 1954—termination by a tenant—checklistTenants can use a notice under section 27 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954) to end a business tenancy either on, or any time after, the contractual expiry date. This Checklist explains when and how the notice can be served.For more
Statutory compensation under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954This Practice Note provides guidance in respect of which grounds of opposition under section 30(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954) give rise to the payment of statutory compensation under one of the three compensation cases
Section 25 notices—checklistThis is a checklist for service of a section 25 notice by a landlord under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954) terminating a tenancy.Has the correct form, including the appropriate warning notices to tenants, been used?There are different types of section 25
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