Landlord, Tenant and Property

• Protection for Developers Proposed

  • Posted19 February 2013

  Property developers often spend very considerable sums in advance of seeking and obtaining planning permissions, let alone before any work on the development site commences. Recently, several residents’ groups...

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• Building Not Divisible for Business Rates Purposes

  • Posted5 February 2013

  About the only plus point of empty commercial premises is that they attract relief from rates for a minimum of three months (six months in the case of industrial premises). ...

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• Cost to Taxpayer is Legitimate Planning Consideration

  • Posted28 January 2013

  When a council proposes to revoke or modify a planning permission already given, it faces a difficult situation. The developer that has been granted the permission may well have committed...

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• Use Not Appearance Determines Whether Property Qualifies as a House

  • Posted15 January 2013

  The meaning of the word ‘house’ has been the subject of legal debate on many occasions. Many of the debates have had their origin in the Leasehold Reform Act 1967,...

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• Court of Appeal Says Yes to Successive Freehold Applications

  • Posted9 January 2013

  Tenants wanting to acquire the freehold of their properties under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 may now be permitted to make more than one application, following...

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• Separate Issues Severable When Dispute Not Crystallised

  • Posted2 January 2013

  Construction disputes are common and the use of arbitration proceedings represents an attempt to make resolution of such disagreements easier. However, arguments about the legal right of the arbitrator to...

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