The case of the hiding tenant
In July this year, judgment in the case of Avon Freeholds Ltd v Cresta Court E RTM Company Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 1016 was handed …
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Déjà Vu in the AI Boom – how can you protect your business when buying AI and related tech?
This all feels very familiar. Everywhere I turn businesses are being offered “cutting edge” products promising great rewards. But do we really understand how they …
Are times about to change for landlords and tenants?
The Government is progressing with an initiative to reform a leasehold ownership system as it is currently considered to be unfairly weighted in landlords’ favour. …
Is it wise to pay your service and challenge it later?
In the recent Upper Tribunal case of Webber v Syed [2025] UKUT 173 (LC), the Tribunal considered whether payment of service charges by a tenant …
The Court of Appeal says “no” to forfeiture
The recent case of White v 29 Buckland Crescent Management Co Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 814 confirms the limits to enforceability options following settlement of …
The case of the disappearing freehold
The case of Lulham v Crown Estate Commissioners [2025] EWHC 1572 (Ch) relates to freehold land that ceases to exist all together! Escheat in freehold …
