Once a lease has ended, the landlord can no longer forfeit or rely on a Jervis v Harris clause. At that stage, damages are the only available remedy...
STOP PRESS: A 12-month pilot scheme where unopposed lease renewals issued in the Central London County Court (CLCC) are transferred to the First-tier...
This Practice Note explains the procedure for handling some of the most common residential service charge disputes under the Landlord and Tenant Act...
Why contract out?The Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954) gave tenants of business premises security of tenure—in other words, the right to stay on...
A landlord may be able to resist a tenant's claim to the freehold or an extended lease of a house under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (LRA 1967) where...
Compulsory acquisition of landlord's interestAn acquisition order under Part III of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (LTA 1987), entitles certain long...
The RTM companyThe right to manage can only be acquired and subsequently exercised by a right to manage company (RTM company). This must be a private...
Validity of initial noticeIf the reversioner disputes the right of the participating tenants to serve an initial notice, that dispute can be referred...
The Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (LRHUDA 1993) sets down the elements of the freeholder’s costs that can be recovered from...
The landlord's counter-notice—time-limits and contentThe landlord must serve its counter-notice (also known as a s 45 notice) by the date specified in...
Marriage value and hope value‘Marriage value’ is the increase in value that occurs where a tenant acquires the freehold, as a result of which the full...
Claim noticeTo acquire the right to manage under Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (CLRA 2002), the right to manage company (RTM company) must...
A statutory lease extension may involve both a freeholder and one or more intermediate landlords. An index map search or a search through one of the...
The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 amended the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 to give power to the Secretary of State to designate any area in England...
Notice of tenant’s claimA tenant wishing to claim the freehold or an extended lease of their house under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (LRA 1967) must...
The Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (LTA 1987), Part I gives qualifying tenants of flats a right of first refusal enabling them to purchase the interest...
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