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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...
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
What effect does the service of a notice to quit have on the legal status of a secure tenant and of an unauthorised occupant? Once possession is granted by the court is an eviction warrant still required or can possession be taken on the date of possession without a warrant?The legal effect of
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
Housing and Planning Act 2016—recovering possession of abandoned premisesSTOP PRESS: The Housing and Planning Act 2016 received Royal Assent on 12 May 2016, although the provisions relating to recovering possession of abandoned premises set out in Part 3 are not yet in force. The contents of this
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