The Land Registry has published the latest national updates to the UK House Price Index covering the month of July 2016. In the aftermath of the surprise EU referendum result on 23 rd June and the stamp duty changes in April 2016 the volume of sales...
Women dent their promotion chances when they become mothers and that affects their future earning power, according to new research. Time spent on maternity leave and reducing hours once they return to work means they gain less experience, which also holds...
In this article we provide you with an update regarding the case of Francia Properties Ltd v Aristos Aristou and 8 Ors (2016), the first case in which a Court has had to consider whether the appointment of a right to manage company prevents a landlord from...
The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) has given guidance on the proper application of ss.20, 20ZA, Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, in the recent matter of various Leaseholders of Foundling Court and O’Donnell Court, Brunswick Centre, London v (1) Camden...
The Land Registry has published the latest national updates to the UK House Price Index covering the month of June 2016. The run up to and the aftermath of the EU referendum vote on 23 rd June saw price growth in London slow dramatically, with the average...
The case of Roundlistic Ltd v Jones and another [2016] UKUT 325 (TCC) is a recent breach of user clause decision that you may find interesting. The case involved a maisonette and a covenant prohibiting the tenant from using the...
A large number of landlords have already changed the management vehicle for their property portfolios to a limited company, in response to the reduced mortgage tax relief available to individual landlords due to be phased in from 2017 to 2020. Data recently...
House prices across the UK rose by 8.1% in the year to May, bringing the value of an average property to £211,230. On a monthly basis, prices rose by an average 1.1% between April and May. Looking at England alone, there was an annual price increase...
A private sector tenant has lost her appeal against a possession order that she claimed infringed her human rights. The tenant was in her mid-forties and had suffered since childhood from a personality disorder and psychotic symptoms. She had lost two...
Leaseholder Landlords will breathe a sigh of relief as the Supreme Court has overturned the previous COA decision in the case of EDWARDS v KUMARASAMY (2016) . This case concerns a landlord’s repairing obligations of the common parts of the...
