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Business tendencies
Security of tenure for business tenancies under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 is a key area for a property litigator. Get the research and tools to advise on how security arises and how it’s terminated, daily.
Forfeiture
Guidance covers the procedural and practical considerations prior to and throughout the process of forfeiting a lease. We give detailed guidance, linking deeper commentary, forms, precedents and a wide range of Q&As.
Electronic Communication Code
Guidance to secure rights to install and retain equipment to provide electronic communications services. Code issues, in respect of granting and terminating agreements, frequently arise between landowners and operators.
Property disputes
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Latest Property Disputes News
The UK Parliament has announced the introduction of the Leases (Integrated Retirement Communities) Bill in the House of Commons, aiming to create a...
The Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) has published its outcome to its consultation on draft regulations for sections 61–64 of...
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has launched a consultation on proposals to reduce the prevalence of privately...
The biggest change involves the addition of three new chapters on consent orders, McKenzie Friends and out‑of‑hours applications....
Luke Akehurst MP introduced the Vacant Commercial Properties (Temporary Use) Bill to Parliament on 16 December 2025 under the Ten Minute Rule...
Latest Property Disputes Practice Notes
Fire safety developments following the Grenfell Tower fireThis Practice Note sets out key developments in relation to fire safety following the...
Effect of appointment of LPA or fixed charge receiver on propertyImpact of appointmentThe effect of the appointment of a receiver under the Law of...
Telecoms leases—the previous Electronic Communications Code—drafting points and due diligence [Archived]ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note is...
Previous Electronic Communications Code—differences between the ‘general’ and ‘special’ regimes [Archived]ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note is...
Notice to completeThis Practice Note covers what ready, willing and able means and the consequences of serving an invalid notice. A party who is...
Latest Property Disputes Precedents
Letter of claim—nuisance (fumes)[ON THE HEADED NOTEPAPER OF THE CLAIMANT’S SOLICITORS][NAME OF PROPOSED DEFENDANT’S SOLICITORS, IF ANY][ADDRESS LINE...
Tenant’s s 42 notice of claim to acquire new lease—flat lease extension (LRHUDA 1993)Tenant's notice of claim under section 42 of the Leasehold...
Notice to complete (Standard Commercial Property Conditions—Second Edition) [Archived]Notice to completeARCHIVED: This Precedent is archived and no...
Statutory declaration—adverse possessionI, [name], of [address], do solemnly and sincerely declare that:1As the result of a transfer dated [date] made...
Landlord and Tenant Act 1987—offer noticeLandlord and Tenant Act 1987, section 5A—offer noticeTo: [[name of tenant] OR [the qualifying tenant of flat...
Latest Property Disputes Q&As
Featured Property Disputes content
Private nuisance—general principles
Private nuisance—general principlesWhat situations can give rise to a claim?Private nuisance is a ‘violation of real property rights’. It involves...
Occupiers’ liability
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 agreements
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 lease
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...
Remedies for breach of restrictive covenants
Remedies for breach of restrictive covenantsThis Practice Note explains when damages for breach of restrictive covenants might be awarded in lieu of...
Notice to complete
Notice to completeThis Practice Note covers what ready, willing and able means and the consequences of serving an invalid notice. A party who is...
Nuisance—what are public and private nuisance claims?
Nuisance—what are public and private nuisance claims?Nuisance claims are recognised in the following way:•private nuisance—substantial interference...
Periodic tenancies
Periodic tenanciesThis Practice Note sets out the nature of a periodic tenancy and the procedure and notice periods for terminating such a tenancy. It...
Rectification—mutual mistake
Rectification—mutual mistakeRectification is an equitable remedy by which the court can correct an error of expression where a written document does...
Quick guide to benefit and burden of covenants on assignment
Quick guide to benefit and burden of covenants on assignmentThe Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 (LT(C)A 1995) provides that any lease granted...
Claims for use and occupation, mesne profits, double rent and double value
Claims for use and occupation, mesne profits, double rent and double valueThis Practice Note provides guidance on claims for ‘use and occupation’ or...
Trespass—remedies
Trespass—remediesThis Practice Note covers the remedies available to landowners who find their property has been unlawfully occupied by a trespasser...
Can a deposit held as stakeholder be released if one set of solicitors is unresponsive or provides spurious reasons for withholding consent?
Return or forfeiture of a deposit
Return or forfeiture of a depositA buyer's right to the return of a deposit and the seller's right to forfeit the deposit in relation to a property...
Surrender by operation of law (implied surrender)
Surrender by operation of lawA surrender by operation of law (or ‘implied surrender’) occurs when the unequivocal conduct of both parties is...
Rectification—unilateral mistake
Rectification—unilateral mistakeThis Practice Note considers the remedy of rectification for unilateral mistake. For rectification for common mistake,...
Quick guide to tenant remedies for landlord’s breach of lease
Quick guide to tenant remedies for landlord’s breach of leaseThis Practice Note gives brief details of the main remedies available to tenants to deal...
Associated legal terms
Dilapidations
Disrepair which has arisen as a result of a breach of a tenant’s repairing and decorating obligations in a lease. The claim for damages for the breach can be interim (made during the term of a lease) or terminal (made at the end of a lease).
Electronic Communications Code
The Electronic Communications Code, inserted into the Communications Act 2003, Schedule 3A, by the Digital Economy act 2017. A code right is granted in relation to an operator and any land, for the statutory purposes of providing an operator's network/infrastructure system, and for activities set out in the code.
Section 18
Section 18 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927. This operates as a statutory cap on the amount of damages which a landlord can recover from a tenant at the end of a lease term in respect of dilapidations.
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