When is a contract a void contract?A void contract is one that is wholly lacking in legal effect. A contract will be void where:•the parties contract...
Damages or injunction — the testThe primary remedy for breach of a restrictive covenant is a permanent injunction to restrain the breach. However, the...
There can be only one lease at a time giving a right to possession and occupation of property. Consequently, if a landlord subsequently grants a lease...
This Practice Note covers what happens to a lease on disclaimer and the effect of disclaimer on tenants, guarantors and former tenants, applications...
The implied or deemed surrender and re-grant of a lease arises where an agreed variation of the terms of the original lease is so fundamental that the...
Is there an interference with the right to light?Where a right of light has been established (see Practice Note: Establishing and maintaining rights...
What is the background to the changes?The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the resulting lockdown and social distancing measures introduced by the...
This Practice Note considers the interaction between the statutory moratorium under Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA 1986), which prevents...
This Practice Note provides guidance in obtaining official copies of the entries on the title of a property registered at HM Land Registry (commonly...
When either a company or an individual is served with a statutory demand, the warning bells should be ringing, as failure to act on that demand within...
Disclaimer under the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA 1986) by either a liquidator or a trustee in bankruptcy (trustee) has the following effects:•it operates...
This Practice Note considers the striking off of a company from the register of companies and how to deal with this in the context of a receivership...
Stop pressOn 8 October 2020, the Insolvency Service published the outcome of its review conducted into the impact of the voluntary industry measures...