A landlord cannot recover service charges incurred more than 18 months before they are demanded, unless a section 20B notice is served.The case of Brent London Borough Council v Shulem B Association … [Read more...]
Service Charges – Recovery by landlord who fails to serve a section 20 notice
In addition to provisions within the lease, section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (as amended) require certain notices to be served before a landlord can recover the costs of qualifying works … [Read more...]
Agreements to Purchase Property Jointly, Gone Wrong
Purchasing property is an area which generates a lot of litigation and court disputes, simply because property assets tend to have bound up in them a high percentage, or in some cases, all of an … [Read more...]
Qualifying for Collective Enfranchisement/The Right to Buy a Freehold
As the demand for housing in London and the suburbs increases, leasehold flats and conversions into maisonettes, are becoming increasingly popular. When purchasing flats on a long lease, an … [Read more...]
Service and Major Works Charges Consultation Requirements
In most leases there are provisions for the landlord to recover service charges or charges for major works against their tenant. When seeking to recover these costs; section 20 of the Landlord and … [Read more...]
Tenancy Deposits
The 6th April 2007 saw the implementation of statutory requirements for a landlord to protect a tenancy deposit and serve “Prescribed Information”. There have already been many cases … [Read more...]
Annulment of Bankruptcy and Centre of Main Interest (COMI)
In a recent article entitled Bankruptcy tourism written by District Judge Melissa Clarke and published by the Law Society Gazette on the 12th October 2012 the issue of who the Court can allow to … [Read more...]
Partnership Disputes
Section 28 of the Partnership Act 1890 provides: “Partners are bound to render true accounts and full information of all things affecting the partnership to any partner or his legal … [Read more...]
Bankruptcy Searches
As bankruptcy is a state of personal affairs, an individual should only have a single set of bankruptcy proceedings against them at any one time.If a petition has been issued, a different creditor is … [Read more...]
Defending Civil Claims Without Merit
Two quick and effective ways of resolving civil claims brought against you are:1. by an application to strike out the claim (under the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) 3.4(2)(a)) on the ground that the … [Read more...]