This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: High Court decisions on a proprietary estoppel claim, a rates mitigation scheme, and a protester injunction, recent FTT decisions on the Electronic Communications Code, and industry comment on the proposed ban on upwards-only rent reviews.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: publication of the explanatory notes and BPF’s guidance on the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, analysis of a Court of Appeal decision on the meaning of ‘rent’ under the Housing Act 1988, and High Court decisions concluding that closed double gates with a sign affixed constituted substantial interference to a right of way, determining that progressive failure of window seals constituted disrepair under lease covenants, and two decisions granting injunctions against protestors trespassing. It also includes Upper Tribunal decisions concluding that a First-tier Tribunal decision prioritised procedural form over content in a service charge dispute, and analysis of the Upper Tribunal’s decision to uphold a remediation contribution order in the Vista Tower case, the Non-Domestic Rating (Value of Differential Multipliers) (Wales) Regulations 2026 coming into force on 1 April 2026, and details of the in-force date of the Renting Homes (Model Written Statements of Contract) (Wales) (Amendments etc) Regulations 2026.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes commentary on the justification for continuing injunctions against unknown persons in car-cruising nuisances cases, the granting of possession orders and injunctions to Cambridge Colleges in response to disruptive protests, clarification from the Upper Tribunal of the definition of ‘person managing’ an HMO under the Housing Act 2004, and the second reading of the Right to Manage and Leasehold Bill in the House of Commons.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: publication of statutory guidance on Renters’ Rights Act 2025 requirements, High Court decisions regarding the ‘successful party’ in multi-element Part 36 offers, airspace trespass, and whether a fire-damaged dwelling retained its enfranchisement-related statutory identity, and Court of Appeal decisions concerning a claim brought ‘in time’ for limitation even when rejected for the wrong court issue fee, and statutory recovery rights under FSMA 2000 limited to original contractual counterparties. It also includes the summary of responses to a consultation on restricting ground rent for existing leases, the BPF’s response to a government consultation on new domestic EPC metrics and the Assured Tenancies (Private Rented Sector) (Written Statement of Terms etc and Information Sheet) (England) Regulations 2026.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: a Court of Appeal case regarding the application of local authority policies when issuing civil penalty notices, a High Court ruling on the beneficial ownership of a property, a fire safety remediation report published by the Regulator of Social Housing, and the new Supreme Court Rules 2024.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: Lewisham Council’s launch of a rogue landlord taskforce for private rented sector enforcement and High Court decisions regarding sole beneficial ownership, a limited civil restraint order granted after multiple unmeritorious applications, enforcement of security against a third-party chargor’s property, a judgment determining the amount of rental income and remortgage proceeds to be accounted for, and a claim where an application for an extension of the limitation period by former clients of a restored law firm was refused. It also includes an Upper Tribunal decision confining a manager’s appointment to one of two adjoining buildings, and a Privy Council decision that there was no binding agreement for a lease without ministerial execution.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: a Supreme Court decision that any ten-year period of reasonable belief of ownership is sufficient for registration under the Land Registration Act 2002, a landlord’s successful opposition to the grant of a new business tenancy on the grounds of an intention to occupy the premises for its own business purposes, the British Property Federation’s response to the Law Commission’s consultation on the right to renew business tenancies, cases concerning the use of a contra mundum ‘newcomer’ injunction against persons unknown as a means of restraining future acts, an unsuccessful claim disputing enforceability of sale and rent back arrangement and fraudulent misrepresentation that induced buyers to purchase a property. It also includes Upper Tribunal decisions concerning a lease variation granted on the basis that the lease failed to make satisfactory provision for repair, maintenance and extension, preliminary issues in an Electronic Communications Code case and residential tenants’ liability for freeholder service costs, a First-tier Tribunal decision concerning the application of the ‘just and equitable’ test for remediation contribution orders under the Building Safety Act 2022 and the coming into force of the 181st Practice Direction update on 27 February 2025.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: a Court of Appeal case on detriment in proprietary estoppel claims, High Court decisions on the scope of a settlement agreement, a claim for possession against protesters, and proprietary estoppel and specific performance, and an Upper Tribunal decision on service charges.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: coverage of the Spring Statement 2025, Upper Tribunal decisions concerning costs in the First-tier Tribunal and clarification on the statutory test for a ‘self-contained part of building’ in right to manage claims, High Court decisions concerning an application to strike out a claim and/or for summary judgment and a dispute arising from a freezing injunction prohibiting disposal or diminution of certain assets. It also includes the commencement of the 182nd Practice Direction, which came into force on 20 March 2025 and the minutes of the CPR Committee’s meeting of 7 February 2025.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: property-related announcements from this year’s Budget, Upper Tribunal decisions concerning classification of houses in multiple occupation and the interpretation of a lease clause relating to service charge demands, and a High Court decision concerning the annual review of two final injunctions made against protestors. It also includes the Scottish Government’s introduction of a Bill to correct a non-domestic rates legislative error.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: an Upper Tribunal decision on the interpretation of ‘persons managing’ an HMO under the Housing Act 2004 and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) consultation on the updated global expert witness professional standard.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: a Court of Appeal decision on management service fees, High Court decisions on valuer negligence and deposit information under an assured shorthold tenancy, Upper Tribunal decisions on a rent repayment order, and the definition of an ‘accountable person’ under the Building Safety Act 2022, and a Scotland Sheriff Appeal Court decision on obligations under a commercial lease. It also covers the Telecommunications Infrastructure (Requirement to Share Apparatus) Bill, the Housing (Scotland) Bill and the Law Society’s response to the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill amendments.