Category Archives: Landlord and Tenant

Landowner Target of Poison-Pen Letters Receives Substantial Damages

There can be few things more wounding or worrying than to be on the receiving...

Supreme Court Lays Down the Law on Commercial Property Service Charges

Many commercial leases appear to confer on landlords a wide and unilateral power to calculate...

Renting: No-fault evictions to be banned in England

Under proposals published in a government White Paper, Landlords are to be prevented from evicting...

Is Your Lease Under Threat of Forfeiture? Don’t Delay Consulting a Solicitor

Tenants who fail to pay their rent on time place themselves in real danger of...

Commercial Premises – Where Does the Burden of COVID-19 Losses Fall?

Where the COVID-19 pandemic rendered the use of commercial premises illegal or unviable, should the...

Tenancy Agreements – Does The Law Adequately Cover Modern House Or Flat-Sharing Arrangements?

In modern day towns and cities with high house prices and young, mobile populations, house...

Commercial Leases and Opting Out of Security of Tenure – Test Case Ruling

Commercial landlords and tenants may contract out of the security of tenure provisions of the...

Lack of an EPC no deterrent to Section 21 possession orders for tenancies which commenced pre-2015.

A recent appeal court judgement (Minister vs Hathaway and Hathaway 2021) has provided clarity on...

Commercial Tenants’ Rent Obligations Continue Unabated During Lockdowns

The burning question in many commercial tenants’ minds is whether they are obliged to pay...

Additional Protections Announced for Renters as Lockdown Restrictions Ease

With the UK progressing on its roadmap out of COVID-19 lockdown, the current emergency measures...