Residential Property

When a tenant admitted in discussions with her landlord’s lawyers that she had been in arrears with the lease payments on her restaurant, the admissions were used to justify a...

Anyone who lives in rented accommodation can breathe a sigh of relief after a tenant whose weekend cottage suffered severe flooding damage during a cold snap saw off a £128,000...

Another case on the definition of what constitutes a house for the purposes of the ‘right to buy’ legislation has been heard, providing further clarification on this contentious point. ...

Nuisance neighbours are one of the most unpleasant issues that a property owner can face. Where the conduct is sufficiently bad, however, the law does provide a remedy, as was...

Boundary disputes can take a long time to resolve and can be ruinously expensive, as a recent case illustrates. It involved a teacher who put up a fence along...

Just because a document is not properly executed does not mean that all rights are necessarily lost, as a recent case in the Supreme Court illustrates. It involved a...

Arguments over property ownership are very common, despite being easily avoidable provided the correct legal paperwork is put in place. A recent case dealt with the ownership of a...

There have been dozens of cases involving equity release and similar arrangements that have gone wrong. However, there are not many circumstances in which the courts will overturn an agreement...

A 52-year-old single mother with five children, Ms Nzolameso, has obtained a ruling that is of importance to councils and their tenants alike. Ms Nzolameso was evicted when she...

If a neighbour is granted planning permission for a development to which you object, you might think that there is nothing you can do about it. However, a case in...