Q According to the lease of our shop, the landlord cannot unreasonably withhold his consent to a proposed assignment or subletting.
Time limit for referring rent increase to rent assessment committee. Assured tenants who leave it until the last minute to refer a landlord’s notice of increase to a rent assessment…
Discrimination against homosexuals: property law implications of Godin-Mendoza v Ghaidan [2002] 46 EG 197 (CS). Q I gather from the Godin-Mendoza decision of the Court of Appeal, as explained in…
Standard contract conditions can be injurious to health. One of the ways in which a land owner can shoot himself in the foot is to sell off part of his…
Developers cannot afford to ignore public law issues. Local amenity groups and vociferous individuals can no longer be treated as harmless pests buzzing around the heads of developers.
It no longer comes as a surprise to read of a human rights issue being raised in a property law dispute.
Some much needed learning on recreational rights . Along with the Suez Crisis and the birth of rock and roll, 1956 saw the landmark decision of the Court of Appeal…
A review of recent decisions. If you are responsible for the collection of service charges from business tenants, then, sooner or later, you may be faced with a claim that:.
Thrashing out terms on statutory renewal – a hand over from judge to expert. Proceedings taken under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 have reached the stage where the only…
ENE – smoothing the way to dispute resolution. A party to a dispute seeks the opinion of counsel, or, possibly, the views of a surveyor or medical specialist.
Entitlement to challenge planning permission. Q A group of local OAPs, who simply like things the way they are, are planning to challenge a decision in favour of our industrial…