Residential Landlord Rights/Responsibility Update November 2023 There had been a lot of media speculation in recent months regarding the intention of Parliament to remove a Landlord’s right to end an Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST), and thus recover possession of...
Right to Manage for Shared Ownership Flats There has been some confusion as to whether leasehold “tenant owners” of flats who are acquiring a full interest via the shared ownership route are entitled to use the Right to Manage legislation. That has now been resolved...
Commercial Landlords: Tenants Insolvency How does insolvency of a corporate tenant with rent arrears affect a Landlord All of the government emergency legislation for COVID that was designed to prevent commercial tenants being wound up or leases forfeited because of...
Adverse Possession Adverse possession is a legal principle by which an individual who is not the legal owner of land can become the legal owner by being in possession of the land for the requisite period of time. Adverse possession is often referred to as “squatters...
Covid-19 Commercial Rent Arrears – September 2022 Update September 2022 UpdateThe Scheme introduced in the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 gave tenants of commercial premises a six month window to apply for arbitration. There was provision for the Government to...
Buying a house at auction is not ALL the buyers risk Buying a house at an auction has always been fraught with risk for the unwary. It is not always the case, but often a house is in an auction sale because there are problems with it that have made it difficult to...
Coronavirus Debt Enforcement for Companies Update Property Disputes The embargo on evicting or winding up companies who have failed to pay their commercial rent has been in place for a while; was extended from 30 June 2021 and remains in place until 25 March 2022. The...
September Coronavirus Update for Residential Landlords Property Disputes The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies and Notices) (Amendment and Suspension) (England) Regulations 2021. All Residential Landlords will have been aware of the intention of the...
Commercial Lease Break Notices and Pitfalls for Tenants This podcast will be discussing the common errors commercial tenants make when deciding to end their commercial lease early by using the Break entitlement in the Lease. Not just in respect of the Notice itself...
Residential Landlords and COVID This podcast will be looking at the practical difficulties caused by COVID emergency restrictions in using the Court process to remove tenants from rented property, as well as discussing the key questions Landlords should be asking...
