Insights

 On 1 November 2017, the government moved forward one of its manifesto commitments which was outlined during June’s Queen’s Speech; to ban fees charged by landlords to tenants. The Department for...

The government has today (17 January 2018) updated the How to Rent guide again. The How to Rent guide was introduced by the Deregulation Act 2015 and is required to be given to all new tenancies an...

For some time Karen Buck MP has been making the point that there is a gap in repairing standards in England. Essentially, while landlords have an obligation to make repairs to property they are not ac...

The Right to manage is the right granted to leaseholders of a block to take over the management function from the current freeholder by setting up a Right to Manage Company. The right is usually exerc...

The first place to look will be on the last service charge demand. Under Section 47(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, the landlord’s name and address must be included on every demand, and S...

A flat’s lease under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 is regranted on the same terms as the original lease with prescribed changes. The court has recently considered whet...

Recently we have seen a significant rise in clients looking to recoup a bad investment. Typically the bad investment is related to property. One such example is  a case in which I acted for over 1...

The Independent has reported that a Jeremy Corbyn led Labour Government would end ‘no-fault’ evictions in order to give stability to tenants and tip the balance of power away from landlords and to...