Residential tenancy
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PP 2003/5
A problem of vertical separation. Q A lessee applies under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 to buy the freehold of what he describes as a “town house”.
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PP 2003/6
One house or two?. Unless concerned with a problem of the kind considered in PP 2003/5 (overhangs and undercuttings), a practitioner will have to refer to Malekshad v Howard de…
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PP 2002/44
Q As owner of a number of flats still let on regulated tenancies, I am puzzled that rent officers are so concerned about the state of external repairs – a…
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PP 2001/52
Q A lessee of a house has served a notice to acquire the freehold under the 1967 Act. While awaiting completion, he purports to assign the benefit of the notice,…
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PP 2001/70
When it comes to completing a landlord’s counternotice to a claim to a new lease of a flat, it is advisable to assume that “completing” means completing and nothing less:…
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PP 2001/46
Q Our tenant’s association is taking the owner of the block to the leasehold valuation tribunal, where we shall dispute the reasonableness of a number of items included in the…
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PP 2000/85
It is not easy to persuade an appellate court to overturn a judgment when it was made, in the court below, in the exercise of a judicial discretion.