Alastair Redpath-Stevens of Hardwicke considers HHJ Huskinson’s decision in Stemp and anor v 6 Ladbroke Gardens Management Ltd. This was an appeal to the Upper Tribunal from a decision of the First-tier Tribunal Property Chamber (Residential Property) that the Stemps should pay an administration charge in relation to costs incurred by the respondent in contemplation […]
8th Jan 2019 News Read moreJoanne Wicks QC and Benjamin Faulkner of Wilberforce Chambers recently acted for the successful tenant in S Franses Ltd v The Cavendish Hotel, arguably the most important landlord and tenant case for decades. In this article, Joanne and Ben summarise the facts of this case, what it means for the operation of ground (f) and […]
7th Jan 2019 News Read moreAt the recent dinner of the PLA at the Ironmonger’s Hall in November 2018, I was asked to give my assessment from a judicial perspective of the work of the PLA. I have now been asked to record in this blog some of the things I then said. I am happy to do so. […]
3rd Jan 2019 Blogs Read moreProperty Litigation Association Estates Gazette 15 December 2018 Housing Court on the horizon The government is consulting on the possibility of establishing a new court to deal solely with housing disputes. Emily Wood gives the Property Litigation Association’s view. In 2017, Sajid Javid, then secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, raised the […]
21st Dec 2018 News Read moreProperty Litigation Association Property Week website 13 December 2018 PLA introduces nine academics to organisation By Mitchell Labiak Thu 13 December 2018 The Property Litigation Association (PLA) has introduced academics into the organisation for the first time. Source: Shutterstock/Syda Productions Bryan Johnston, Chair of the Property Litigation Association, said: “Having strong ties to academia […]
13th Dec 2018 News Read moreSteven Woolf discusses the use of preventative injunctions to protect green spaces, in particular to combat fly-tipping and squatting. Click here.
13th Dec 2018 News Read morePLA press release 12 December 2018 PLA WELCOMES ACADEMIC MEMBERS FOR FIRST TIME Leading academics in property law have been welcomed as associate members of the Property Litigation Association for the first time in a bid to strengthen its ties with academia and better promote this area of the law as a career choice to […]
12th Dec 2018 News Read moreIn October 2017 the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government announced a package of measures intended to address the private rented sector. One proposed measure was the introduction of a specialist Housing Court with a view to a more efficient and timely process by which landlords could recover possession, and tenants could enforce […]
22nd Nov 2018 Consultations Read morePLA press release 19 November 2019 BRYAN JOHNSTON BECOMES NEW PLA CHAIR Dentons partner Bryan Johnston is the new chair of the Property Litigation Association, having taken over from Shakespeare Martineau partner Martin Edwards. Bryan is the PLA’s 24th chairman since the organisation was established in 1995 to represent property litigators in the UK. […]
20th Nov 2018 News Read moreTHE ALAN LANGLEBEN MEMORIAL ESSAY COMPETITION 2019 OPEN TO ALL PLA MEMBERS The 2019 Memorial Essay Competition has now been launched and we welcome submissions from PLA members on the below question. ESSAY QUESTION What is the most unjust and/or unfair decision/statute/doctrine or principle in Property Law? The essay must be no more than 1,500 […]
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