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…
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…
Insights
11th July 2024
Sainsbury’s Supermarkets and Section 25 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 – a Recent Case
In the recent case of Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd v Medley Assets Ltd [2024], Sainsburys have successfully challenged its landlord’s opposition to a new tenancy on the basis of…
Insights
20th June 2024
Tenant Fees Act 2019: The Deposit Cap
The Tenant Fees Act 2019 (“the Act”) was introduced to restrict the amount and type of payments that can be paid by a tenant to a landlord or…
Insights
18th June 2024
When a landlord is forced to carry out repairs at the end of a tenancy, what damages can be recovered from the tenant?
Many landlords may find themselves in the unenviable position at the end of a lease where a tenant has left the property in state of disrepair. The landlord…
Insights
13th June 2024
Are leaseholders admitting their service charge is right by paying it?
The case of C&A Gorrara Ltd v Kenilworth Court Block E RTM Co Ltd [2024] UKUT 81 (LC) was recently heard in the Upper Tribunal (“UT”), on appeal…
Insights
30th May 2024
Licence to Let
Whether they like their Martinis shaken or stirred, there is one thing that all residential landlords can agree on: getting licensing requirements wrong can be a costly mistake.…
Insights
23rd April 2024
Mr Ramsey’s squat problems in London
You may have read in the press that Gordon Ramsey has found himself in an unenviable position, in that his vacant London pub has become occupied by squatters.…
Insights
11th April 2024
No Section 47/48 Notice, No Rent Payable!
What is Section 47? Section 47 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (“Section 47”) requires that a landlord’s name and address must be included on any written…
Insights
7th March 2024
Recovery of Litigation Costs via Service Charge and the Scope of Expenditure Clauses
In the recent case of 89 Holland Park (Management) Limited v Dell & Dell, the Court of Appeal refused to allow a management company to recover its litigation…