Residential Property

All land in England ultimately belongs to the Crown. In a recent case which serves as something of a cautionary tale, a couple who were the directors and shareholders of...

The licensing regime for houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) exists to protect the safety and welfare of tenants. Recently, four tenants of an unlicensed HMO obtained rent repayment orders totalling...

The leaseholders of a flat in a separate wing of a country house have succeeded in their appeal against a determination that they were liable to pay service charges in...

The Upper Tribunal (UT) has rejected a landowner’s appeal against the dismissal of his application for the determination of a boundary between a strip of land he owned and the...

The Upper Tribunal (UT) has ruled that a restrictive covenant which required the owners of land to obtain approval from the vendor before a house could be built on it...

Tenants who are unhappy with the service charges they are asked to pay can apply to the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) for a determination of their liability to pay service charges....

A person who is in adverse possession of registered land may apply to the Land Registry to be registered as its owner on the basis of ten years’ adverse possession...

It is always advisable to check the service charges you are asked to pay rather than simply assuming they are correct. This point was illustrated by a recent case in...

Tenants who are unhappy with service charges they are asked to pay can apply to the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) for a determination of whether the charges are payable. Recently, the...

Tenants who wish to challenge any deductions made from their deposits at the end of their tenancies should ensure they follow the dispute resolution procedures of the relevant tenancy deposit...