Legal notes
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Failure to build zoo leads to forfeiture
Louise Clark considers issues of forfeiture where the lease value lay with a third party
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Why McDonald’s isn’t lovin’ it
The fast food chain was so aggrieved over the termination of a tenancy that it sued the landlord
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Private nuisance: A supremely knotty problem
Louise Clark analyses a recent Supreme Court ruling on private nuisance involving Japanese knotweed
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The relief from sanctions gamble
Elizabeth Dwomoh discovers why applying for relief from sanction is not for the faint hearted
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Repair works to a ‘warzone with grease’
Louise Clark analyses a judge’s ruling on a terminal dilapidations claim over a former Chinese restaurant
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Watch out for the (registration) gap
During the registration gap, can a landlord enter to carry out works without the legal owner’s consent?
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The perils of circumventing the right of first refusal
A recent appellate decision concerned a breach of the right of first refusal under the LTA 1987
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Preventing piecemeal change with restrictive covenants
A recent decision on benefits that are substantial enough to be protected by restrictive covenants
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Business tenancies: a reminder of the basics
A review of a recent ruling on landlord’s intention under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
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The right to manage matryoshka doll
Some of the issues around a recent decision by the Court of Appeal in a right to manage case
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Party walls: payment for pre-existing damage
Louise Clark analyses a major Court of Appeal decision likely to have significant impact
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Aggregation of business losses caused by pandemic
A look at a judgment on insurance claims arising from business closures during the pandemic