The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014, SI 2014/3120 came into force on 18 December 2014 and transpose parts of the Energy Efficiency Directive...
Goods 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...
A landlord's liability to a tenant for the state and condition of premises is generally determined by the terms of the tenancy. However, under Defective Premises Act 1972...
Under the Defective Premises Act 1972 (DPA 1972), a person who takes on work for or in connection with the provision of a dwelling owes a duty to ensure that the work is...
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 and the amount...
This Practice Note deals with the claims available to a landlord during the currency of a lease. For claims for dilapidations after expiry of the term, see Practice Note:...
This Practice Note deals with the options available to commercial tenants where a landlord of commercial property has failed to comply with repairing obligations,...
When transferring an interest in land, any fixtures form part of the land and are transferred with it, unless there is express provision to the contrary. Fittings (also...
This Practice Note discusses disrepair claims in relation to social housing, setting out the legal basis for a claim and other the relevant factors that need to be...
Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 Under the Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 (OLA 1957), an occupier of property owes a common law duty of care to all his visitors in respect of...
This Practice Note sets out the scope of and aims of the Pre-action Protocol for Housing Disrepair Cases (the Protocol), and the consequences of a failure to comply with...
The Pre-action Protocol for Housing Disrepair Cases (the ‘Protocol’) applies to residential property situated in England and Wales and relates to claims by tenants and...
In the absence of an express covenant to repair, the tenant's liability depends: • partly on the doctrine of waste, and • partly on an implied obligation to use the...
Landlord’s repair objectives The key aims for the landlord are to: • shift as much responsibility for the repair of the premises as it can onto the tenant, and • to...
STOP PRESS: The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 is not yet in force. However, when it does come into force, it contains new provisions requiring the landlord to make sure...
Reinstatement of alterations can be very contentious. Landlords may be left with a property in an unlettable state or tenants may find that they are called upon to...
