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Names of claimants of money judgments to be published on the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines in England and Wales

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Property Disputes weekly highlights—5 December 2024

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The following Property Disputes news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Property Disputes weekly highlights—5 December 2024

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Forfeiture of a lease

Forfeiture of a lease

Forfeiture of a leaseWhen can a landlord exercise the right to forfeit a lease?Forfeiture is a landlord’s right to bring a lease to an end as a result...

Specific performance of property agreements

Specific performance of property agreements

Specific performance of property agreementsIf a party to a property agreement fails to comply with its obligations, the other party may wish to apply...

Can a tenant retract a notice to quit previously served to exercise a break clause in an assured shorthold tenancy before expiry of the notice?

Can a tenant retract a notice to quit previously served to exercise a break clause in an assured shorthold tenancy before expiry of the notice?

Can a tenant retract a notice to quit previously served to exercise a break clause in an assured shorthold tenancy before expiry of the notice?Whether...

Occupiers’ liability

Occupiers’ liability

Occupiers’ liabilityOccupiers' Liability Act 1957Under the Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 (OLA 1957), an occupier of property owes a common law duty of...

Q&As

Can a deposit held as stakeholder be released if one set of solicitors is unresponsive or provides spurious reasons for withholding consent?

Can a deposit held as stakeholder be released if one set of solicitors is unresponsive or provides spurious reasons for withholding consent?When...
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Practice notes

Mortgagee in possession

Mortgagee in possessionThis Practice Note covers the rights and responsibilities of a mortgagee in possession.RightsA legal mortgagee has a right to...
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2nd Mar
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Rectification—mutual mistake

Rectification—mutual mistakeRectification is an equitable remedy by which the court can correct an error of expression where a written document does...
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2nd Mar
Practice notes

Claims for use and occupation, mesne profits, double rent and double value

Claims for use and occupation, mesne profits, double rent and double valueThis Practice Note provides guidance on claims for ‘use and occupation’ or...
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Practice notes

Order for sale—next steps after obtaining an order for sale

Order for sale—next steps after obtaining an order for saleThis Practice Note provides guidance as to conducting the sale under an order for sale...
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Practice notes

Notice to complete

Notice to completeWhile this Practice Note primarily covers commercial property matters, it also touches on residential considerations.Time is...
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Private nuisance—general principles

Private nuisance—general principlesWhat situations can give rise to a claim?Private nuisance is a ‘violation of real property rights’. It normally...
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Practice notes

Successors in title—leases

Successors in title—leasesThe meaning of the term ‘successors in title’ will depend upon the context of the use of the term and also the drafting of...
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2nd Mar
Practice notes

Surrender by operation of law

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1st Mar
Practice notes

What happens to an underlease on termination of the lease?

What happens to an underlease on termination of the lease?The general common law principle is that when a lease comes to an end any underlease...
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1st Mar
Practice notes

Estoppel and property law

Estoppel and property lawThis Practice Note discusses issue that arise in proprietary estoppel in a property context. For a general discussion of...
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2nd Mar
Practice notes

Release from landlord's covenants—LT(C)A 1995

Release from landlord's covenants—LT(C)A 1995The Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 (LT(C)A 1995) gives tenants, and their guarantors, an...
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2nd Mar
Q&As

Can a neighbour attach something to the external wall of a neighbouring property, which is said to be a party wall?

Can a neighbour attach something to the external wall of a neighbouring property, which is said to be a party wall?The Party Wall etc Act 1996 (PWA...
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2nd Mar
Practice notes

Breach of Missives—remedies in Scotland

Breach of Missives—remedies in ScotlandMissivesThe most common form of contract in Scottish property transactions are missives of sale, see for...
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1st Mar
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Q&As

Can a landlord who has forfeited a commercial lease by re-entry, go against guarantors of the lessee for all losses (ie rent and service charge arrears) incurred up to the point of forfeiture? Can the landlord go against the guarantors for losses incurred subsequent to forfeiture eg the costs of clearance and reinstatement of the property?

Can a landlord who has forfeited a commercial lease by re-entry, go against guarantors of the lessee for all losses (ie rent and service charge...
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1st Mar
Q&As

A rent deposit paid under a commercial lease is to be held on trust and the deposit entitles but does not require the landlord to withdraw from it in the event of default. Can the landlord elect to forfeit and then use the rent deposit to settle rent arrears after forfeiture?

A rent deposit paid under a commercial lease is to be held on trust and the deposit entitles but does not require the landlord to withdraw from it in...
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Under the section 20 consultation procedure, is it necessary to serve notices on assured shorthold

Under the section 20 consultation procedure, is it necessary to serve notices on assured shorthold tenants or houses of multiple occupation that are comprised in the premises? If we do not know who the tenants of the flats are (which do fall within the remit of section 20), who should the notices be

Building Safety Act 2022—landlord and tenant issues

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What can the tenant of a residential lease, which requires the landlord to set up a sinking fund/reserve

What can the tenant of a residential lease, which requires the landlord to set up a sinking fund/reserve fund, do if the landlord fails to use service charge payments from the tenants to build up the fund, but instead asks the tenants for large payments upfront for repair/decoration to external

Service charges—summary of tenants’ rights and obligations

Service charges—summary of tenants’ rights and obligations1This summary, which briefly sets out your rights and obligations in relation to variable service charges, must by law accompany a demand for service charges. Unless a summary is sent to you with a demand, you may withhold the service charge.