Insights
23rd September 2024
Case Law Update: Can a Landlord Serve the Prescribed Information Before the Tenant has Paid the Deposit?
Where a landlord takes a security deposit from their tenant in connection with an assured shorthold tenancy agreement, the landlord is required to protect that deposit with an…
Insights
11th September 2024
The Renters Rights Bill and the proposed Section 8 Grounds
There are two most used methods to obtain possession of residential properties let under an assured shorthold tenancy. Those are, the Section 8 and Section 21 notices as…
Insights
4th September 2024
Ellisons Litigation Info Drop: What is a judgment in default?
A default judgment is granted by the court where one party has failed to take an action they are required to, bringing the proceedings to an end. It…
Insights
3rd September 2024
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 – What changes have come into play?
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (“the Act”) became law on 24 May 2024. Despite the Act now being law, its commencement is taking a staggered approach…
Case Study
22nd August 2024
Marcus v Marcus [2024] EWHC 2086 (Ch)
Ellisons recently successfully represented the Defendant, Edward Marcus, in a High Court dispute brought by his brother regarding a complex family trust, holding assets including shares in the…
Insights
21st August 2024
New Renters Rights Bill announced in King’s Speech
The Renters Reform Bill was contained in the Conservative government’s 2019 manifesto. The aim of the proposed Renters Reform Bill was to reform the private rental sector in…
Insights
19th August 2024
Ellisons Litigation Info Drop: Summary Judgment
Summary judgment may end a case early on as a whole or restrict the case to a particular issue. The procedure for summary judgment is set out in…
Insights
11th August 2024
Selective Licensing: what you don’t know can hurt you
An owner of a flat has been found liable for failing to have a selective licence, despite being unaware that he was required to do so. A flat…
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8th August 2024
Civil Mediation
What is civil mediation? Mediation is type of alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) where a trained mediator will help the parties in a dispute reach a settlement. Within a…
Insights
7th August 2024
Sweeper Clauses in the context of Safety Concerns
A recent judgment (11 July 2024) of the Upper Tier Tribunal has clarified when a landlord can rely on the ‘sweeper clause’ in a lease to recover the…