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Construction analysis: The Technology and Construction Court confirmed that Building Liability Orders (BLOs) under the Building Safety Act 2022 may be...
This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: publication of tenant guidance for private renters in England, the Housing...
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has launched a consultation on the draft 8th edition of Party Wall Legislation and Procedure,...
The Welsh Government has published the Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Code of Practice for Wales, supported by farming and professional bodies, to...
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...
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 a notice to quit can be retractedThere is various authority for the position that a notice to quit, once it has been served, cannot be
Does a notice to quit expire? Possession proceedings must be brought within 12 months of serving a section 8 notice, but is the same applicable to possession proceedings for a notice to quit?This Q&A considers the nature of a notice to quit served in respect of a tenancy which does not have the
Common law tenanciesCommon law tenancies are tenancies that do not fall within any of the statutory security of tenure regimes. These include, for example:•for residential property, the Rent Act 1977, Housing Act 1985 or Housing Act 1988 (see Practice Note: A summary of types of private residential
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
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