This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: the Government’s announcement that it will legislate to ensure periodic tenants are not brought into the scope of Stamp Duty Land Tax, and High Court decisions that a landlord’s evidence was not sufficient to establish the LTA 1954 redevelopment ground and that there was a failure to prove causal detrimental reliance in a proprietary estoppel claim. It also includes the HCLG Committee Chair’s calls for the government to launch its long-term Housing Strategy, and Upper Tribunal decisions on rating valuations, and on a claim for scaffolding expenses for extensive remedial works.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: High Court decisions on a building safety risk that could lead to a ‘building liability order’ under the Building Safety Act 2022, boundaries and rights of way related to property gifted by will and determining the precise boundary line between leasehold properties, whether or not an implied term of good faith had been breached in the exercise of discretion to consent to asset disposals, forfeiture of a lease based on rent arrears, use and occupation and the terms of an informal agreement, and an Upper Tribunal decision on the reasonableness of service charges incurred following objections from the leaseholders regarding the work completed. It also includes the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (Commencement No 2 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 coming into force on 31 January 2025 and the HM Courts and Tribunals Service’s publication of updated guidance for the Damages Claims pilot scheme under CPR PD 51ZB.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: the Prime Minister’s announcement of a 20% cut in business rates for some hospitality sector businesses, two Court of Appeal decisions concerning possession proceedings and High Court decisions concerning mortgagees in possession and section 173 notices under the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016, and electricity charge recovery provisions in a tenancy agreement. It also includes Upper Tribunal decisions regarding recoverability of service charges and modification of restrictive covenants, a First-tier Tribunal decision concerning regulatory sanctions imposed on a letting agent, minutes of the Online Procedure Rule Committee meeting on 17 June 2026 and the updated MyHMCTS guidance on issuing online damages claims.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: High Court decisions on injunctions against riverboats, forfeiture and relief, and the duty of care owed by a management company, Upper Tribunal and First-tier Tribunal decisions on service charges, and the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: the Renters’ Rights Act receiving Royal Assent on 27 October 2025, Upper Tribunal decisions on breaches of lease by removal of fixtures and recognition of a tenant’s association, a Court of Appeal decision concerning a fire safety and defects claim by leaseholders against a developer, and High Court decisions concerning LFRA 2024, deeds of surrender, an email-delivered deed of variation, and relinquishment of a beneficial interest. It also includes the UK Supreme Court’s announcement of the appointment of Lord Sales as Deputy President and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s announcement that the first phase of Awaab’s Law has come into force.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: Analysis of a case concerning the Building Safety Act 2022 and recoverability of service charges, a Court of Appeal ruling that a telecoms agreement had an uncertain term and therefore did not constitute a lease, and High Court decisions regarding a dispute as to ownership of land and the continuation of an injunction in a land occupation dispute after balancing public and private rights. It also includes a case in which the Upper Tribunal overturned a rent determination due to procedural irregularities.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: The Autumn Budget 2024, Court of Appeal decisions on the intentions of donors of trust property, amendments in possession proceedings, and staying execution of a possession order pending an appeal. It also includes High Court decisions on section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 and whether a charging order can be made over a buyer’s beneficial interest, and an Upper Tribunal case on service of a notice of invitation to participate in a Right to Manage claim.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: Court of Appeal decisions on the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 and undue influence in ‘hybrid’ non-commercial loans, Upper Tribunal decisions on insurance commissions and the definition of an ‘accountable person’ under the Building Safety Act 2022, and details of the 165th Practice Direction update to the Civil Procedure Rules.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: Upper Tribunal decisions concerning lease interpretation issues and the identification of breaches under the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, a Court of Appeal decision concerning mortgagee sale autonomy, High Court decisions concerning an order for vacant possession against trespassers in the context of the Insolvency Act 1986, the ‘balance of convenience’ and ‘clean hands’ doctrines in a refusal to grant equitable interim relief, judicial review of a refusal to grant permission to appeal under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 and an order for specific performance of contract for sale. It also includes First-tier Tribunal decisions concerning a landlord’s failure to comply with a selective licensing regime, an unlicensed HMO and the reasonableness of lease extension administration costs under the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 and minutes of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee meeting held on 3 October 2025.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: High Court cases concerning adverse possession and estoppel, and a restitution claim for recovery of a deposit, an Upper Tribunal case confirming that operators cannot benefit from rights under the Electronic Communications Code if they have exhausted Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 rights, and a Supreme Court decision that the Water Industry Act 1991 does not prevent a claim for nuisance or trespass.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: the Law Commission’s annual report and business plan highlighting property law reform projects, plans to establish a new High Court Business and Property Division, updates to the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 Information Sheet guidance, the second reading of the Social Housing Bill, and High Court decisions concerning collective enfranchisement during the registration gap, the beneficial ownership of a mosque, a case concerning an application for retrospective validation of service by email, and dismissal of claim for a declaration that a clause providing for premium payments on the assignment of a lease was void. It also includes an Upper Tribunal decision regarding whether a water company’s training academy was an educational hereditament for non-domestic rates purposes, a First-tier Tribunal decision on a Building Safety Act 2022 remediation contribution order, the Insolvency (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2026, and the CPRC’s first annual open meeting outside of London.

This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes two Upper Tribunal decisions: one confirming the requirement for a two-stage test for unreasonable behaviour in applications for costs before the FTT, and another confirming that prescriptive easements can be acquired over charitable land if the rights were established during a period of prior non-charitable ownership.