News and Articles
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PLA Conference – Options & Overage – securing a share in the enhanced value
15th Apr 2016
Brie Stevens-Hoare QC is a very client focused specialist in property and property related work. Her main focus is on real property and the more commercial aspects of property work including disputes around property developments and commercial property. In addition, Brie has considerable experience of property related professional negligence and contentious probate matters involving property.Read article -
PLA Conference – The Good, the Bad and the Equity – Solicitors’ Breach of Trust in the Commercial Context
15th Apr 2016
Zoë Barton practises at Selborne Chambers, practising in commercial and traditional chancery with particular emphasis on property, trusts and professional negligence related to those areas. She is ranked as a leading junior in both Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 and receives recognition for her work in all of her principal areas of practice.Read article -
PLA Blog from Simone Ketchell, Chair of the Education and Training Committee
01st Apr 2016
I am delighted to once again be welcoming delegates to the PLA Annual Conference being held at Keble College, Oxford. This year’s conference boasts an exceptional list of brilliant speakers discussing key topics of interest for all Real Estate Litigators. I am certain that delegates will find the event both enjoyable and thoroughly informative.Read article -
The landlord's intention for the purposes of Ground f and g of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
03rd Mar 2016
The landlord's intention for the purposes of Ground (f) and (g) of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 (given the Court of Appeal decisions in Gulf Agency Ltd v Ahmed and Hough v Greathall Ltd)Read article -
The landlord’s intention for the purposes of Ground f and g of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
03rd Mar 2016
The landlord's intention for the purposes of Ground (f) and (g) of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 (given the Court of Appeal decisions in Gulf Agency Ltd v Ahmed and Hough v Greathall Ltd)Read article -
Rectification quiz by Stephanie Tozer, Falcon Chambers
02nd Mar 2016
Will a rectification claim be successful in each of these scenarios?Read article -
Blog from the Chair of the PLA – Keith Conway
09th Feb 2016
Welcome to the brand new Property Litigation Association Blog. This is another exciting year for the PLA as we look to help the courts understand what our members and their clients need from the court service. Various chairs of the PLA will take the ‘e-seat’ to bring you news about work across the Association and to encourage you to be ever-more involved.Read article -
Civil Courts Structure Review: Interim Report – PLA Response
02nd Feb 2016
This response has been prepared by the Property Litigation Association (“the Association”). The Association consists of approximately 1,200 members who spend a substantial amount of their time engaged in property related dispute resolution. The Association’s members deal with commercial as well as residential property disputes.Read article -
Flooding & Abstraction
27th Jan 2016
It is reassuring to know that someone, somewhere, has taken the time and effort to apply the precision and ingenuity of parliamentary draftsmanship in order to define, at least for the purposes of the FWMA 2010 if no other, what is meant by a flood (and what it is not).Read article -
The Law of Forfeiture – talks given by Peter Petts, Simon Allison & Monty Palfrey
11th Jan 2016
Nature Of ForfeitureRead article