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A not infrequent problem for leaseholders is a landlord who takes a lackadaisical approach to enforcing leasehold covenants, or worse yet allows or waives breaches of covenants by certain leaseholders. It is a very rare lease that will allow direct...
To misquote Groucho Marx, you really don't want to belong to any such club that would have you as a member. I've been hearing about these set ups for a while. They seem to be the latest thing in bloody stupid 'get rich quick from residential property that...
There is a queue of significant and serious cases waiting to be written up. For time and personal reasons, this may not happen for a while. Instead, here is an insignificant case of no wider importance, but possibly some entertainment value. Howell v South...
A couple of county court cases on Airbnb/short let use by leaseholders. One was reported in the newspapers, the other has not been reported anywhere before. Both show the potentially serious consequences of leaseholders letting out on short lets, where lease...
Here are various bits and pieces, while we await big cases such as the Supreme Court decision in Poshteh v RB Kensington & Chelsea. (You can watch the hearing here.) We don't usually promote events on Nearly Legal, but I am happy to make an exception for...
"We to the place have come, where I have told thee Thou shalt behold the people dolorous Who have foregone the good of intellect." (canto 3) Midway between Christmas and new year, I found myself, fat and indolent, on the sofa, contemplating a year-end post....
Nemcova v Fairfield Rents Ltd [2016] UKUT 303 (LC) We've seen a First Tier Tribunal case on breach of lease by use of the property for short term lets through Airbnb. Here the Upper Tribunal weighs in on the significance of lease covenants for short term...
Purely by coincidence, someone brought a tweet and linked article by @unleasehello to my notice: (Screenshot because now deleted) Here is the linked article on Unlease.io (And screenshot in case of deletion here) Titled "Subletting as a tenant right", a...