Landlord, Tenant and Property

• Air Quality Targets and the Planning Regime – Court of Appeal Test Case

  • Posted23 April 2019

  The Government is duty-bound by European law to ensure that specified air quality standards are met as quickly as possible. However, the Court of Appeal has ruled in an important...

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• Balancing Noise Nuisance Against the Needs of Industry – High Court Ruling

  • Posted10 April 2019

  Industrial processes can be noisy and those responsible for them frequently worry that complaints from neighbouring residents will affect their businesses. However, as a High Court case showed, such concerns...

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• Trading in the Winter Period – A Cautionary Note for Landlords

  • Posted21 March 2019

  Weak economic growth and increasing competition is still wreaking havoc in the High Street and the quarter that starts in January is often make or break for retailers as it...

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• Landlord's Redevelopment Plans Must Not Be Conditional

  • Posted4 March 2019

  A recent case in which a landlord sought repossession of a property from its tenant on the ground that it intended to redevelop the property has gained a great deal...

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• Court of Appeal Guidance on Use of Pay Less Notices

  • Posted18 February 2019

  When a construction dispute arises and a pay less notice is issued, the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 requires that the notice should specify the sum considered to...

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• What is a 'New Building' in Planning Terms? Court of Appeal Guidance

  • Posted7 February 2019

  Can a building which incorporates parts of structures previously on the same site be described as ‘new’? In upholding an enforcement notice that required total demolition of three residential buildings,...

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