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...
The rule against derogation from grant applies in addition to any obligation of quiet enjoyment. It is not excluded by an express covenant for quiet...
This Practice Note details the deadlines for carrying out some of the more common tasks for property disputes lawyers, together with links to further...
As soon as the tenancy is executed by the parties it gives the tenant a right to possession on the commencement date and all the obligations between...
Local Authorities will commonly lease property to registered housing providers to provide accommodation for persons entitled to it. These arrangements...
There is an express or implied term in a lease of business premises that a tenant has the right to quietly enjoy the premises. Quiet enjoyment is the...
Options for grantIn general, an order for the grant of a new tenancy pursuant to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954) will be an order for the...
When demised premises are situated in a larger plot of land held by the immediate lessor out of which other leases have been granted, provision will...
In answering this Q&A, we have assumed that the landlord’s consent was required for the extension, the notice of change of ownership was served after...
The developer will have required a licence from the local authority in respect of the crane oversailing the highway, and in respect of the consequent...
A pre-emption agreement is a right to purchase something (usually land or shares) before the asset is sold to a third party. The right is contractual...