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Landlord, Tenant and Property
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In a guideline decision on the correct interpretation of the sustainability provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), the High Court has scotched plans for 150 new homes on...
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In ever more densely packed urban areas, hardly any development can take place without treading on someone’s toes. The point was illustrated by one High Court case in which a...
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Landlords frequently need to evict tenants, and where a possession order is sought because the tenant breaches conditions in the lease (typically for reasons of behaviour which impacts negatively on...
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When the landlord of a residential building wishes to sell it (make a ‘relevant disposal’) with the associated tenancies left intact, it has a legal duty under the Landlord and...
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Relentless pressure for more new housing in urban areas tends to relegate to second place the need for office space in planning terms, and in some circumstances full planning permission...
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Commercial leases normally contain a provision that if a tenant wishes to break the lease, they must remove all their property (chattels in legal parlance) from the let premises. Such...
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