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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...
Specific performance of property agreementsIf a party to a property agreement fails to comply with its obligations, the other party may wish to apply...
Can a tenant retract a notice to quit previously served to exercise a break clause in an assured shorthold tenancy before expiry of the notice?Whether...
Occupiers’ liabilityOccupiers' Liability Act 1957Under the Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 (OLA 1957), an occupier of property owes a common law duty of...
Release from landlord's covenants—LT(C)A 1995The Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 (LT(C)A 1995) gives tenants, and their guarantors, an automatic release from tenant covenants of the tenancy on assignment of the lease. By contrast there is no automatic release for the landlord under LT(C)A
Where a person lives next to a children’s play area and they are disturbed during the day by the noise of the children playing and in the evening by teenagers/young adults congregating there. What are their legal remedies, including requiring the council to take action?Private nuisanceThe scenario
Quick guide to tenant remedies for landlord’s breach of leaseThis Practice Note gives brief details of the main remedies available to tenants to deal with a breach of covenant by the landlord, or interference with the tenant’s rights. These include remedies to deal with a specific breach, such as an
Incoming landlord’s liability for pre-existing breachesAs from completion, an incoming landlord is:•in the case of an ‘old’ tenancy (ie generally granted pre-1 January 1996): bound by all landlord covenants that have ‘reference to the subject matter’ of the lease, and •in the case of a ‘new’
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