5/30/2023 4:47:53 PM Court of Appeal decides that shared ownership leases of flats are "qualifying tenants" for the purposes of right to manage and enfranchisement claims By Rob Boucher The Court of Appeal handed down judgment today in Avon Ground Rents Limited v Canary Gateway (Block A) RTM Company Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ...
7/27/2022 4:27:40 PM Covid arbitration scheme - what we know so far... By Hollie Jordan-Wright Mid-July 2022 saw the first two published decisions under the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022, concerning protected rent debts for...
5/14/2019 12:00:00 AM Case Law Update - orders for the variation of leases – Triplerose Limited v Stride, 2019 By Howard Kennedy A recent case in the Upper Tribunal: Lands Chamber provided information in respect of lease variations proposed pursuant to section 35 of...
4/23/2019 12:00:00 AM Second tranche of court buildings to be sold By Howard Kennedy HM Courts Service is moving to the second phase of a disposal programme, with a further 31 court buildings across England and 1 in Wales...
4/10/2019 12:00:00 AM The importance of acting quickly when squatters or travellers move onto land By Hollie Jordan-Wright Last week Howard Kennedy's Real Estate Dispute Resolution Team were instructed to evict travellers urgently from a client's land. The...
3/15/2019 12:00:00 AM Right to Rent: Human Rights & Outsourcing Immigration Control By Howard Kennedy The Home Office's 'hostile environment' approach to immigration control fell under strong scrutiny in 2018, with the Windrush scandal...
1/3/2019 12:00:00 AM The dangers of a "dog in a manger" attitude - is there any merit in crying wolf? By Rose Losardo It is not unusual for a tenant to request the landlord's consent to carry out works to their premises, even though the lease prohibits...
7/19/2018 12:00:00 AM Leasehold law set for radical reform By Howard Kennedy The Law Commission announced today that it intends to publish a consultation paper on enfranchisement in September 2018, following which...
6/16/2017 12:00:00 AM The Court of Appeal and the lawfulness of CLOPUDs By Antonia Frangakis On 12th June 2017 the Court of Appeal in Government of the Republic of France v. Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea [2017] EWCA Civ...