Property, Leasehold and Housing

Appeals to the Upper Tribunal have been heard about the entitlement of the landlords of two supported housing developments to recover contributions towards the cost of providing accommodation for a resident warden in an apartment belonging to the landlord...

The Upper Tribunal was not persuaded to discharge or modify a restrictive covenant that prevented building in front of a line 50ft from the boundary of Oldways, a vacant plot on Twitchells Lane, Jordans, Beaconsfield. The applicant in Creebray Ltd v...

The right to enter land owned by the respondents to carry out a survey to determine whether it was suitable for the installation of telecommunications equipment has been refused. The case of EE Ltd & Anor v Cooper & Anor was heard in the...

Judge & Priestley LLP, the Bromley based solicitors’ practice, is proud to announce its most successful results ever in the 2021 edition of the prestigious Legal 500 directory of leading UK law firms. For the first time ever three of the...

Judge & Priestley LLP (J&P) is delighted to have been successfully appointed to the new Central Housing Investment Consortium (CHIC) framework agreement for legal services. The new framework will run for 4 years from 1 st July 2020 following a...

As of 1 June 2020, private Landlords are subjected to more rigorous electrical safety standards in accordance with Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 . These regulations apply to new tenancies granted on or...

Law can be fast changing, even more so in these challenging times. As the Government continues to respond to Covid 19, further new legislation is being introduced. The Government has announced further emergency measures to protect commercial tenants from...

Madelaine Henwood , Head of Residential Property at Judge & Priestley, comments on the news that the housing market in England has been reopened by the government. “It is great news for buyers and sellers looking to move house, that the...

As a result of Section 82 of the Coronavirus Act, UK commercial tenants who miss rent payments due to the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic are to be protected from eviction for at least three months. Some of the potential issues for landlords of...

It’s certainly not business as usual for housing possession claims. The Coronavirus Act 2020 came into force from 26 March 2020. The Act protects most tenants including secure licensees in the social and rented sectors. The key change brought by...