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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
This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: a Court of Appeal decision regarding an undivided basement car park that did not...
Dispute Resolution analysis: The minutes of the Online Procedure Rule Committee (OPRC) meeting of 27 April 2026 (held via Microsoft Teams) cover a...
City Hall has published the Local Remediation Acceleration Plan (LRAP) for London, setting out a co-ordinated programme to accelerate the remediation...
The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary has published the outcome of the Remote Participation Review, with a suite of new guidance on remote participation...
This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: the Law Commission’s annual report and business plan highlighting property law...
Latest Property Disputes Practice Notes
This Practice Note summarises the key time limits involved in exercising the statutory right (subject to statutory qualifying criteria) of qualifying...
This Practice Note discusses the statutory right (subject to statutory qualifying criteria) of qualifying tenants of long leases of houses to acquire...
The main remedies available in the context of landlord and tenant disputes in Scotland are:•Interdict•Specific implement•Payment action•Damages...
This Practice Note refers to the Insolvency Act 1986 as IA 1986.NoteThis Practice Note contains a summary of the key points relating to administration...
The Tribunals systemThe Tribunals system is a dispute resolution service which supports, and is part of, the broader court system. It is administered...
Latest Property Disputes Precedents
LEASEHOLD REFORM, ACT 1967Notice of tenant’s claim to acquire the freehold or an extended leaseTo [Name and address of person on whom this notice is...
LEASEHOLD REFORM ACT 1967Leasehold Reform (Enfranchisement and Extension) Regulations 1967, SI 1967/1879NOTICE OF DEFAULTin connection with the...
To: [insert name and address of claimant]1I have received [a copy of] your notice dated [insert date] claiming the right to have [the freehold OR an...
To [Insert Adjoining Owner]Of [Adjoining Owner’s main address][Insert Date]The Party Wall etc Act 1996Notice of proposed works—Line of Junction...
[Definitions warning: This Precedent clause uses the following defined terms: 'Annual Rent’, ‘Insurance Rent’, ‘Property’, ‘Rents’, ‘Service Charge’...
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
Alienation
Assigning, underletting, parting with or sharing possession or occupation of premises. Typically a lease will contain restrictions on a tenant’s ability to do so, without the landlord’s prior written consent.
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).
Trespass
The unlawful presence of a person on land which is in the possession of another.
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