Navigating disputes arising from rent and rates requires a deep understanding of contractual obligations, statutory frameworks, and dispute resolution mechanisms. Expert guidance is essential for resolving conflicts between landlords and tenants, ensuring compliance, and safeguarding financial interests. This topic provides practical insights and strategies to address common issues, from contentious rent reviews to contested rate liabilities, empowering practitioners to effectively manage and mitigate property disputes.
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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...
Set-off and deductions from rentThis Practice Note considers set-off provisions in leases and whether a tenant can set off a claim against a new landlord after assignment. A tenant is entitled to set off liquidated claims for damages, at law, and unliquidated claims, in equity, for damages for
Claims for use and occupation, mesne profits, double rent and double valueThis Practice Note provides guidance on claims for ‘use and occupation’ or mesne profits, and how and when double rent or double value can be claimed.Claims for use and occupationA claim for use and occupation is possible
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
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
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