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When consenting to tenants’ works, landlords commonly obtain tenants’ covenants to reinstate the works at the end of the term. On lease expiry the landlord must be alert to the existence and terms of such reinstatement covenants...

A recent case Boots UK Ltd v Goldpine Estates Ltd (2014) highlights the distinction between assessments for interim rent under the  Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 and provides a useful reminder that the phrase “subject to contract” should be used with caution...

Disputes over rights of way are common and often make their way to the courts.  In the case of Bradley v Heslin (2014) the court were asked to decide whether a party using a right of way over a shared driveway could also close the gates across it that had been put up by its predecessor as a security measure...

A lease will seldom end at a time that is most convenient to the landlord and tenant. It may suit both parties to agree a further term now, well in advance of lease expiry. They can do this by completing a reversionary lease...

Following a public consultation earlier this year, it has been announced that the powers of the Land Registry are to be extended to include responsibility for the registration of Local Land Charges...

The High Court decision in Credit & Mercantile plc v Kaymuu Ltd and others provides useful guidance to lenders seeking to defeat an occupier’s claim that their beneficial interest takes priority to a charge provided by the lender...

It seems clear that Britain is currently in the grips of a housing crisis, with fewer houses being constructed over the past five years than in any peacetime period during the last century and a clear shortage in sought-after locations...

Recent developments in Century Projects Ltd v Almacantar (Centre Point) Ltd & Ors (2014) cast the spotlight once again the approach adopted by the Court where rights and obligations under a lease conflict with one another...

A recent decision of the Lands Tribunal has ruled on the liability of a tenant to pay business rates while undertaking substantial works to its premises...

Last week I posted a blog about a report highlighting the scale of the Russell Group of Universities’ development plans...

In May, I wrote about the growing links between universities and business and the rising  number of high profile partnerships and ventures between leading institutions and companies...

While a tenant taking an assignment of an existing lease may remember to apportion the service charge for the existing quarter it is common to fail to consider the fact that this is often an estimated amount and there may be a balancing payment at the end of the year...