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A happy New Year to you all. It is going to be an interesting one on any measure. I've had a few days off, and so, in an attempt to enter 2026 with a clearer conscience and a lot fewer browser tabs open, I've been working on the backlog of cases I've been...
From 27 December 2025, no lease of more than 21 years is capable of being an assured (or assured shorthold) tenancy, as the relevant part of the Renters Rights Act 2025 came into force. This means that the ‘AST trap’ for long leases with a ground rent that...
As we head into some time off (and a chance to rest my RSI) I bring you a couple of tidings, not necessarily of comfort and joy, of things for the new year. And a bit of a gift for Christmas. After Christmas, I'll see about some of the backlog of reports. In...
A couple of cases involving bad behaviour by landlords/freeholders, both prior to and during proceedings... Kramer v Scudder. Canterbury County Court. 14 August 2025 (unreported. We've seen an unapproved note of judgment. Our thanks to Miranda Grell of...
More notes on cases and matters from before, during and after my holiday, in a frantic attempt to get up to date. More to come... The draft Awaab's Law regulations - The Hazards in Social Housing (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2025 - have...
The holiday was lovely, thank you. A couple of degrees hotter than the UK, but with a) the sea 45 seconds from my bed, and b) air conditioned rooms. But it left quite a lot to catch up on of previous backlog and 'while away' things - so, a first instalment...
Sorry for the silence, while the cases to write up have piled up. It has been a busy stretch in and out of work... More thorough write-ups of some cases will follow, but for now, a few brief notes on cases of interest and oddness. Thanks to Doughty Street...
A few brief notes on judgments of interest. Brown v Ridley & Anor (Rev1) (2025) UKSC 7 The Supreme Court considered para 5(4) to Schedule 6 Land Registration Act 2002 on the requirements for an application for registered title through adverse possession...
Uddin & Ors v Notting Hill Genesis (LANDLORD AND TENANT - SERVICE CHARGES - assured tenancies) (2025) UKUT 56 (LC) This was Notting Hill Genesis' appeal from a FTT decision that service charges that it had been charged by the freeholder and in turn had...
A couple of brief notes on things of interest. Lewis v Francis & Anor (2025) EWHC 17 (Admin) An appeal from the Magistrates Court on a costs award on a failed s.82 Environmental Protection Act 1990 private prosecution. The Magistrates Court had awarded...
A pile of case notes that I've managed to do in the Betwixtmas/Merrineum, hopefully clearing the decks for the new year. It includes right to buy and the intention to return, FTT jurisdiction on rent increases, a council's unlawful interpretation of an...
Various bits of interest... On 21 November, the Housing Minister Matt Pennycook released a written statement on the Government's plans on Leasehold and Commonhold reform, with an outline timetable. Points to note are that regulations implementing key parts...