Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 - What has commenced? The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 received Royal Assent on 24 May 2024, 5 sections of the act commenced alongside this date: … [Read more...]
The Renters Rights Bill 2024 and the Proposed Private Rental Sector Database
The Renters Rights Bill looks like it will shake up the property sector as we currently know it. A major factor coming with this change is the “Private Rental Sector Database”. Set out in Chapter 3 … [Read more...]
Changing email addresses or changing tenancy deposit schemes? The potential effect on possession claims – case note on Ameera Macintyre v Cowdray Trust Limited and Rathbones Trust Company Limited (2025) EWCC 54
Tenancy deposits have been the subject of much judicial consideration, this recent case shone some light on how and when a landlord must provide their tenant with information regarding the protection … [Read more...]
Japanese Knotweed – Article on Davies -v- Bridgend County Borough Council
The presence of Japanese Knotweed in a garden can have a devasting effect on the price and saleability of a house. The plant is very difficult to eradicate and any treatment is costly. As the plant … [Read more...]
Brooke Homes (Bicester) Limited –v- Portfolio Property Partners Limited and Others [2021] – All Reasonable Endeavours in Property Contracts
In this case, the High Court looked at the legal meaning of the phrase “all reasonable endeavours”, which is commonly found in property contracts. The defendant group of companies had strategically … [Read more...]
London Trocadero (2015) LLP v Picturehouse Cinemas Limited – Commercial Rent Arrears
One consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown has been commercial tenants owing rent to their landlords. The recent case of London Trocadero (2015) LLP v Picturehouse Cinemas Limited does not … [Read more...]
Article on Sequent Nominees Limited v Hautford Limited
The Supreme Court in a majority 3 to 2 decision recently handed commercial landlords a fillip in the case of Sequent Nominees Limited v Hautford Limited. By the smallest of margins, the Supreme Court … [Read more...]
Regency Villas Title Ltd and others v Diamond Resorts (Europe) Ltd and others – Easements
In this recent case, the Supreme Court looked at the leading case on easements (In re Ellenborough Park) and reconsidered it in a modern context and in relation to recreational and sporting easements … [Read more...]
Firstport Property Services Limited v Various long leaseholders of Citiscape – Safety Measures in Flats
In the aftermath of the shocking events of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the First -tier Tribunal recently considered an important application on the issue of who was to pay for the costs of various … [Read more...]
Williams & Waistell -v- Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
In this case, two neighbouring bungalow owners in South Wales sued Network Rail for allowing Japanese knotweed roots to spread on their land. Japanese knotweed is a plant with bamboo-like qualities. … [Read more...]
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