Tom Morris analyses and discusses the law of sewers and drains by reference to the law of easements and the statutes relating to sewerage. To download the article click on the link: Water Talk TWM
3rd Jun 2018 News Read moreIn Reedbase v Fattal [2018] EWCA 840, an important decision for landlords and their advisers, the Court of Appeal explained how and when a landlord would need to repeat its statutory consultation if the works carried out changed from the original programme consulted on. It set out how changes in works fits with the consultation […]
3rd Jun 2018 News Read moreWhen considering the topic of landlord’s consents, it is important to distinguish between applications for consent for (1) alienation, (2) alterations/improvements and (3) change of use. The statutory protection available to a tenant is different depending on which category of consent is being sought. This article contrasts the tenant’s protections when dealing with alienation to […]
27th May 2018 News Read moreWhat can a tenant do where a landlord fails to progress an application for consent to alterations or change of use? Miriam Seitler – Landmark Chambers May 2018 When considering the topic of landlord’s consents, it is important to distinguish between applications for consent for (1) alienation, (2) alterations/improvements and (3) change of use. The statutory […]
22nd May 2018 News Read moreNic Taggart (Landmark) In this paper, Nic Taggart reviews the basic principles of partnership law as they relate to partners holding real estate as partnership property. He then applies those principles to some commonly arising factual scenarios, such as the liability of all partners for breaches of a lease held as partnership property by only […]
16th May 2018 News Read moreBen Maltz – Five Paper Ever since the tragic Grenfell fire, landlords of high-rise apartment blocks have understandably been quick to address potential fire risks that affect their buildings. This will have significant consequences in the field of residential service charges. In one of the first reported First-tier Tribunal decisions to consider such service charge […]
16th May 2018 News Read moreTiffany Scott QC (Wilberforce) The case of Rotrust Nominees Ltd v Hautford Ltd confirms that there is no general proposition that a landlord will be entitled to refuse consent to assign, or alter, or change the planning use of the demised premises on grounds of feared enfranchisement and the consequent loss of the landlord’s interest […]
16th May 2018 News Read moreMEDIATION AND PROPERTY LAW RUPERT COHEN, HARDWICKE December 2017 The importance of alternative dispute resolution in modern day practice cannot be overstated. The means by which the courts have incentivised ADR is twofold; being both direct and indirect. The direct means is by penalising parties who have shown a failure to have due regard to […]
21st Dec 2017 Publications Read moreCLICK TO DOWNLOAD Conflicts_of_Interest
24th Nov 2017 Speakers Corner Read moreCLICK TO DOWNLOAD Civil Procedure update
24th Nov 2017 Speakers Corner Read more