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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
Restructuring & Insolvency analysis: The High Court dismissed an appeal by a party who had been made subject to a proprietary injunction prior to...
The Tribunal Procedure Committee (TPC) has launched a consultation, seeking views on proposed amendments to Rule 7(6) of the Tribunal Procedure...
This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: the progress of the Renters’ Rights Bill in the House of Lords, Court of Appeal...
The minutes of the Online Procedure Rule Committee (OPRC) meeting of 17 March 2025 (conducted in a hybrid format at The Rolls Building (Royal Courts...
Local Government analysis: Basingstoke and Deane BC and Hampshire CC sought an extension of a five-year traveller injunction initially granted in 2019...
Latest Property Disputes Practice Notes
How to serve a section 21 noticeThis ‘how to’ guide looks at serving a notice to seek possession of an assured shorthold tenancy under section 21 of...
LTA 1954 business lease renewal—proceedingsThis Practice Note explains all aspects of the procedure in applications to court for renewal or...
Brexit timelineOn 23 June 2016, the UK held a referendum on its membership of the EU, with a majority voting in favour of the UK leaving the EU. On 29...
Introduction to the EU GDPR and UK GDPRThis Practice Note provides an introduction to both the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation...
Landlord’s remedies for alteration without consentThis Practice Note explains the remedies a landlord can seek when a tenant has made unauthorised...
Latest Property Disputes Precedents
Line of Junction Notice–new wall astride the boundaryTo [Insert Adjoining Owner]Of [Adjoining Owner’s main address][Insert Date]The Party Wall etc Act...
Line of Junction Notice–new wall wholly on your own landTo [insert Adjoining Owner]Of [insert Adjoining Owner’s main address][Insert Date]The Party...
Statutory Declaration in support of an application to HM Land Registry to remove reference to a lease forfeited for a breach of covenant other than...
Notice by landlord claiming a deposit from the tenant—flat lease extension (LRHUDA 1993)LEASEHOLD REFORM, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT...
Tenant’s notice to freeholder (or a superior lessor other than the freeholder) requiring information—flat lease extension (LRHUDA 1993)Leasehold...
Latest Property Disputes Q&As
Featured Property Disputes content
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...
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...
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?
Occupiers’ liability
Occupiers’ liabilityOccupiers' Liability Act 1957Under the Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 (OLA 1957), an occupier of property owes a common law duty of...
Can a deposit held as stakeholder be released if one set of solicitors is unresponsive or provides spurious reasons for withholding consent?
Mortgagee in possession
Mortgagee in possessionThis Practice Note covers the rights and responsibilities of a mortgagee in possession.RightsA legal mortgagee has a right to...
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...
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...
Order for sale—next steps after obtaining an order for sale
Order for sale—next steps after obtaining an order for saleThis Practice Note provides guidance as to conducting the sale under an order for sale...
Notice to complete
Notice to completeWhile this Practice Note primarily covers commercial property matters, it also touches on residential considerations.Time is...
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 normally...
Successors in title—leases
Successors in title—leasesThe meaning of the term ‘successors in title’ will depend upon the context of the use of the term and also the drafting of...
Surrender by operation of law
Surrender by operation of lawA surrender by operation of law (or ‘implied surrender’) occurs when the unequivocal conduct of both parties is...
What happens to an underlease on termination of the lease?
What happens to an underlease on termination of the lease?The general common law principle is that when a lease comes to an end any underlease...
Estoppel and property law
Estoppel and property lawThis Practice Note discusses issue that arise in proprietary estoppel in a property context. For a general discussion of...
Release from landlord's covenants—LT(C)A 1995
Release from landlord's covenants—LT(C)A 1995The Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 (LT(C)A 1995) gives tenants, and their guarantors, an...
Can a neighbour attach something to the external wall of a neighbouring property, which is said to be a party wall?
Breach of Missives—remedies in Scotland
Breach of Missives—remedies in ScotlandMissivesThe most common form of contract in Scottish property transactions are missives of sale, see for...
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).
Jervis V Harris Clause
A clause in a lease or tenancy agreement which allows the landlord to serve a notice on a tenant to carry out repairs. Where a tenant fails to do so, the landlord may enter, carry out the works itself and recover the costs from the tenant as a debt.
Mannai
The case of Mannai v Eagle Star [1997] 3 All ER 352, in which the House of Lords (as was) confirmed that a mistake in a contractual break notice was not fatal to its validity, as the reasonable recipient would not be misled by the error.
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