Commercial Property Team
Rosie HillCommercial Property Solicitor
Sophie HarrimanCommercial Property Solicitor
Lucy HarrisonCommercial Property Solicitor
Stephen BottleCommercial Property Solicitor
Sarah PayneLitigation Solicitor
Elizabeth Deyong Commercial Property & Senior Partner
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Leasehold Law Upheaval: Landlord’s Enforcement Covenants
In new leases, it will be prudent for landlords to ensure that any enforcement covenants are qualified by a reasonableness requirement, as determined by the landlord.
Speedier Eviction of Residential Tenants
Speedier Alternative to the County Court Bailiffs: there is an alternative and frequently quicker route once a County Court Possession Order has been obtained.
Japanese Knotweed Nuisance
A landmark case has clarified the scope of an action for nuisance based on the presence of Japanese knotweed.
Landlords’ Buy to Let Hazard
A landlord is no longer be able to serve a Section 21 Notice at the start of the tenancy requiring the tenant to leave at the end. Of even greater concern are the retaliatory [...]
Landlords: Beware of Unreasonable Demands
Tenants’ circumstances change. When can a landlord reasonably refuse a tenant’s request?
Property Owners: Getting Trespassers Out As Quickly As Possible
Trespassers will be prosecuted; a phrase familiar to all property owners. Often, the highest priority for a property owner is to regain possession as quickly as possible.
Breach of Subletting Covenants
A recent Court of Appeal case has highlighted the importance for tenants to comply with subletting covenants when granting underleases, even when tenants believe that the covenants don’t make commercial sense.
Commercial Tenants told to Mind the Gap
A recent High Court case has emphasised the importance of getting assignments of leases registered before the new tenant takes any steps under the lease.
Developers: Building Contracts & Implied Terms
The Court of Appeal has found that a term to deal with planning permissions can be implied in a construction contract ...
Landlords: unreasonably refusing consent to assign
The Court of Appeal has recently provided clarification to both residential and commercial landlords as to how they can reasonably withhold their consent to the assignment of a lease.