I've never liked the Gower. I recognise that, objectively, it's quite beautiful, but it was ruined for me by a camping holiday as a child. It was cold and wet. The rain was almost biblical in volume. There was nothing to do. And I ran out of books to read....
The BBC and the PRS
Last Thursday night, BBC 1 broadcast Meet the Landlords. It's still available on Iplayer, here. It just confirms my view that - save for limited circumstances - one person should not be allowed to own the home of another. Others may have different reactions...
Allocations: where have all the claims gone?
Allocations under Pt.6, 1996 Act. A big topic. A sexy topic. A true behemoth of a topic. And, for reasons that aren't entirely clear to me, a topic that isn't giving us very many cases these days. Which is odd, given the ever-growing tendency by local...
Yesterday’s just a memory
In honour of the birth (in England) of the new FTT(PC), I bring you a little note about case from the UT(LC), all about forgetting old things. Jastrzembski v Westminster CC [2013] UKUT 284 (LC) concerns some major works. The underlying facts are relatively...
Going Dutch
Brusse and another v Jahani BV C488-11 is a case from the European Court of Justice concerning Directive 93/13/EEC, better known to us in this country as the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999. In outline, the Directive (and the Regs) apply...
Notice me
Riniker v Mattey , Divisional Court, June 7, 2013 (Lawtel note only) is another odd little service charge case. The note isn't entirely clear but, so far as I can see, it concerns the little-used Schedule to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985. If you're...
Leasehold round up
We do try here to keep on top of the work of the UT(LC) and so I bring you the following for your delight and enjoyment. First up comes Triplerose Ltd v (1) Grantglen Ltd (2) Cane Developments Ltd [2012] UKUT 204 (LC), a case all about s.47, Landlord and...
Not in my court
Forfeiture is, for the most part, beloved by landlords and hated/feared by tenants. For what might be relatively minor breaches of covenant, you can lose your lease and the landlord make an enormous windfall. The legislative trend is (slowly) in favour of...
Ask nicely
In R (Spaul) v Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) (Lawtel note only, Admin Ct, 22.5.13 - wrongly noted as being the UT(Administrative Appeals Chamber) we have an odd little case. As you may know, cases in the LVT are appealed to the Upper Tribunal (Lands...
One Statutory Instrument to rule them all
The new First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) is - almost - here (we've been warning you about this for a while, see, e.g. here). On July 1, 2013, the new tribunal will burst forth into the world (well, England and, for very limited purposes, Wales) and...
Being civil
Morshead Mansions has been involved in a quite astonishing amount of litigation. Bailii throws up 13 hits (here), cases in the LVT, Lands Tribunal, High Court and Court of Appeal. It's really must be the most awful burden on all those involved. And now,...
Yet another one…
The Leasehold Reform Act 1967 gives qualifying long leaseholders of houses the right, inter alia, to acquire the freehold. The definition of "house" is quite technical, but, in essence, it turns on whether it could reasonably be called a house (even if it...