Legal notes
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Statutory fiction has its limits
A recent case tests the implications of provisions for the restoration of a business to the register
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The quality of a landlord’s intention
Allyson Colby considers the first ground (f) decision following the Supreme Court’s Franses ruling
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Exercising breaks under the Housing Act 1988
Succour for registered providers looking to end a fixed-term AST with a starter period.
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A bifocal approach to covenants
A look at the effect of a recent High Court decision on restrictive covenants
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Proprietary estoppel success on a sale and lease back
The outcome in a recent claim for possession arising from a sale and rent back transaction
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A grave matter of adverse possession
An unusual case involving a burial vault below a disused church
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The hard facts about loss of a chance
The High Court considers when and how to claim damages for the loss of a chance
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Contracted in or out? Excluding leases from the Landlord and Tenant Act
The complexities of excluding a business lease from the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
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Adjudication: Evidence of fraud can be used
What happens when there is evidence that an adjudicator’s decision was obtained fraudulently? A recent decision means that Stuart Pemble can answer that conundrum. Key points The Technology and Construction…
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TVGs: Green for development
Allyson Colby reviews a recent test case on section 16 of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013.
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More haste needed in leisure centre pursuit
Allyson Colby analyses a decision on the meaning of ‘reasonable endeavours’ in an overage dispute
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Serving a section 21 notice in Wales
Elizabeth Dwomoh takes a look at a thorny Welsh County Court section 21 decision