What is a headline rent?In a falling market, landlords frequently offer tenants financial inducements to take a lease in order to maintain the level...
The rule against derogation from grant applies in addition to any obligation of quiet enjoyment. It is not excluded by an express covenant for quiet...
A deed (such as a TR1) is valid and binding if the essential ingredients of execution as a deed, attestation and delivery as a deed are all present:...
Ownership, leasing or any other permitted use of land normally requires access to it to obtain the benefit of the land. The public are allowed to use...
What is merger?A lease terminates as a result of merger when both the lease and the reversion of that lease become vested in the same person—see Rye v...
No suspension impliedA suspension of rent is not implied even where the tenant pays the cost of insurance. The tenant remains liable for the rent even...
Is the agreement a grazing licence or farm business tenancy?What is a grazing licence?A grazing licence is an agreement under which a landowner allows...
Defects in design, faulty installation or the use of inappropriate or inadequate materials when building a property can lead to significant problems...
If a freehold is owned by three individuals and one of them sells their share, would that be caught by the right of first refusal under the Landlord...
A section 42 notice has been served seeking a residential lease extension pursuant to Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (LRHUDA...
What does the following entry, contained in a transfer deed, relate to: By Transfers of adjoining, adjacent or neighbouring land pursuant to Chapter 1...
What are the penalties on the landlord if he has failed to protect a rent deposit under successive assured shorthold tenancies?We refer you to section...
Section 5(3) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 applies to a transaction and so the seller serves section 5 notices on separate blocks of flats. The...
Where all qualifying tenants have notified the landlord that they will not be purchasing the freehold following service of notices under section 5 of...
In a collective enfranchisement of leasehold property, if there are arrears of service charge owed by non-participating leaseholders, does the nominee...
Can a tenant challenge the section 60 costs following completion of the lease extension where costs were paid, but no objection to the costs was made...
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