Practice point
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PP 2002/51
Option to tax exercised – Subsequent buyer making supplies some of which zero-rated – Customs & Excise claiming that input tax solely attributable to exempt supply – Whether a proper…
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PP 2002/49
A possibility of avoiding restrictive planning conditions may arise on the odd occasion when a developer has a choice between making a standard application for permission or seeking a certificate…
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PP 2002/47
Q Our warehouse stands in a light industrial area that has gone steadily downhill since we took a full repairing lease some 24 years ago.
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PP 2002/50
Q As landlords of a large number of commercial and residential properties, we always understood that, in so far as we are obliged to repair the demised premises, no liability…
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PP 2002/46
Q Our landlord has agreed in principle to extend the term of our business lease, which will henceforth include a small outbuilding previously let to someone else.
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PP 2002/44
Q As owner of a number of flats still let on regulated tenancies, I am puzzled that rent officers are so concerned about the state of external repairs – a…
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PP 2002/48
The question whether, in cases of tenant insolvency, a landlord requires leave of the court before seeking to forfeit the lease or levy distress depends not only on the legal…
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PP 2002/45
Reeling from a judgment in favour of a squatter, it is not unknown for an embittered paper owner to talk of the Limitation Act 1980 in terms of legalised theft.
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PP 2002/43
Where parties to a business lease disagree about the quality of work done pursuant to a repairing or building obligation, it has been suggested that there is no reason in…
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PP 2002/40
If you possess a PhD in Anglo Saxon please write in and explain how our forbears would have understood “on behalf of”.
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PP 2002/28
The House of Lords decision in Delaware Mansions Ltd v Westminster City Council [2001] 44 EG 150 (CS) affirms that liability for damage caused by encroaching tree roots is incurred…
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PP 2002/15
The liberal use made by draftsmen of the words “structure” and “structural” has not surprisingly posed problems where the component alleged to fall within a repairing or service charge obligation…