Property Litigation News

Expert witness knocked senseless

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The Court has recently issued one of the most damning criticisms of an expert witness that has...

Autumn Budget Update - How it could affect your Property.

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In today’s Autumn Statement the Chancellor announced that from 1 April 2016 buy-to-let...

Negligent valuations - the blame game

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A valuer produces a negligent overvaluation of residential property. The lender relies upon that...

Trouble in Paradise

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A naturist resort. A chalet. And a modest plot of land. Those were the subjects of the hotly...

International Perspective - New York and 'tenant relocators'

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The real estate market in New York is booming. So much so that tenants of rent-regulated...

Hitting the Forfeiture Jackpot

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The landlord in the case of Freifeld –v- West Kensington Court Limited could hardly...

International Perspective - Lessons from Berlin?

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On 1 June 2015, Berlin began enforcing rent controls preventing landlords from charging ...

Breaking and entering - is it worth it?

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According to the Court of Appeal, the answer to this question in the case of Mr Best is...

Forfeiture: the residential spanner in the works?

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Forfeiting a lease of commercial premises can be as simple as changing the locks.  But in the...

Property Disputes: Professional In the Hot Seat

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We caught up with David Carter, Chief Executive of the Sheriffs Office, to find out more about the...

Property Disputes: Your Questions Answered

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QUESTION: I have served a Section 25 Notice under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954on my...

Service charge sting in the tail

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The Supreme Court has this week dismissed an appeal brought by a group of lessees challenging the...

Service with a smile

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In that elusive happy–go-lucky world where landlords and tenants co-exist in blissful...

When your tenant just won't let go...

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Forfeiture is a powerful weapon for a landlord. One breach and the tenant can be booted out. But...

There's always a way

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If you have a right of way over neighbouring land and you stop using it for a long period of...

Putting a value on 33 years of cohabitation

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The Court of Appeal has recently awarded a cohabitee a 25% beneficial interest in a property...

Break or bust

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Conditional break clauses continue to haunt tenants. Once again, a tenant has been stung by...

Warning To Landlords - Do Not Delay Tenant's Requests

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Paul Engelbrecht, Commercial Property Solicitor in Cheltenham advises that Landlords must think...

No contract, no problem!

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The judgment in the recent case of Rendlesham Estates Plc v Barr Limited illustrates how the...

Taking no notice

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It is not often that someone can say that they got lucky in the highest court in the land. But Mr...

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