Landlord, Tenant and Property

• Failure to Take Legal Advice Costs Tenant

  • Posted4 June 2015

  In a cautionary tale for any commercial tenant who thinks professional legal advice is an unnecessary luxury, a shopkeeper who would have been entitled to substantial compensation on the early...

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• Bank Pays for Broken Promise

  • Posted21 May 2015

  A property developer who lost a fortune when his bank pulled the plug and refused to finance his plans to build a luxury home within sight of the Gleneagles golf...

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• Failure to Assign Lease Leaves Tenant Liable

  • Posted5 May 2015

  Termination or assignment of commercial leases can have many pitfalls, so cases involving tenants who wish to, or do, vacate let premises abound in the courts. A recent case...

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• Tenancy Deposit Rules Come Under the Spotlight

  • Posted24 April 2015

  Under the Housing Act 2004 (as amended by the Localism Act 2011), any deposit paid under an assured shorthold tenancy must be paid by the landlord into a government-backed tenancy...

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• Note for Residential Landlords – ‘Right to Rent’ Scheme to be Extended

  • Posted10 April 2015

  Residential landlords are reminded that since 1 December 2014, the Government has been carrying out a pilot scheme (currently only in parts of the Midlands) requiring checks to be made...

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• How restrictive covenants can add value to your land

  • Posted24 March 2015

  It is often the case that planning law does not provide the degree of protection that residents might want in the face of unwelcome development of land in the immediate...

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