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Landlords and developers need to consider The Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (LTA 1987) carefully when disposing of existing residential and mixed-use properties.

Part 1 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (“the Act”) obliges landlords of some residential and mixed use properties to offer certain interests to the residential tenants before disposing of them to a third party.

On 12 September, Kensington resident Zipporah Lisle-Mainwaring won her colourful battle to demolish and rebuild her red and white stripped elegant townhouse.

The Supreme Court appeal last week by Ms. Wyatt against her ex-husband Dale Vince has received widespread media interest, with reports suggesting a flood of claims from ex-wives lodging financial claims decades after a divorce.

Trusts are often associated with private wealth, but they can also be very useful in commercial transactions.

Question: 18 months ago I engaged a contractor to carry out a major refurbishment of our property. Practical completion was granted three months ago, subject to a list of defects…

Part I of the Commonhold & Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (the Act) was finally enacted in September 2004 introducing commonhold as a new form of freehold ownership.

When an artist dies, his or her work forms a tangible and emotional legacy. How should this be managed, by whom and for whose benefit?  This article looks at particular estate planning issues for artists.

“Thomas Cromwell was a man of property.” So says Hilary Mantel, author and passionate advocate of the man in question.

As the area of law surrounding Norwich Pharmacal Orders (NPOs) has grown in recent years, applications for an NPO in situations where the respondent resides outside the jurisdiction has come under increasing scrutiny.

Is a tenant’s right to park sufficient to prevent a landlord from redeveloping the common parts?

On the expiry of a lease, a landlord may be able to claim damages from its tenant for losses arising from the tenant’s breach of its repairing covenants in the lease.

This article considers the scenarios where a variation of a lease amounts to a ”surrender and regrant”, and outlines how the unwanted consequences of this can be avoided.

The matrimonial home is often the most valuable asset owned by a family.

The Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (CLRA 2002) requires that long residential leaseholders must be consulted before a landlord carries out qualifying works or enters into a qualifying long term agreement which they intend to recover through the leaseholders’ service charge.

If you want to wine and dine a potential client, or treat an existing client to lunch to thank them for their custom, you may not realise that you could potentially be caught by the Bribery Act 2010 if the gift is deemed to be excessive and go well beyond reasonable efforts to promote your business.