Selective licensing schemes in respect of private rented homes are an increasingly popular means of tackling crime and anti-social behaviour and one High Court case has underlined their legal and financial significance for residential landlords.
When it comes to assessing the environmental impact of developments, planners must consider projects as a whole and refrain from salami-slicing them into their constituent parts. That issue arose in a case in which planning
In a classic example of private individuals triumphing over big business, a farming couple who refused to lie down after their grazing land was damaged by pipe-laying works have won compensation of almost £6,000 from
Tenants who violate the terms of their leases can be forced to move out and hit hard in the pocket. In one case, commercial tenants who sublet part of their premises to a Chinese restaurant
The ever-growing pressure to build more new homes often meets head to head with rural protection policies. That was certainly so in one High Court case, which paved the way for the green belt around
Large developments often have a mixture of advantageous and malign impacts and that was certainly so in one case where permission was granted for an out-of-town superstore which would have a serious impact on the
Service charges are frequently a burning issue for flat dwellers and one case will stand as a warning to landlords that accounting provisions in leases must be complied with to the letter before bills are
A naturist couple who spent more than £100,000 improving their nudist colony chalet have fought off their landlord’s bid to evict them after the Court of Appeal found that they had the benefit of an
Statutory tenancies, often dating back many years, can give protected residents the right to occupy homes at a fraction of market rents. However, such rights are forfeited if the property ceases to be the tenant’s
A good contract is a simple contract, drafted with clarity. In a case which proved the point, a dispute in respect of the stalled £30 million sale of a football stadium to a supermarket chain
