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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...
Dealing with goods left behind at lease end or following sale of propertyGoods 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. The lease may deal with disposal of items but often there is often no specific
What is an antecedent breach?An ‘antecedent breach’ from a property perspective is a reference to a breach which took place prior to a particular event, for example prior to assignment or forfeiture.For example, within a forfeiture clause it may be used in the following way:‘If the rent hereby
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
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
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