Archive for March 2012
What has been the most significant Supreme Court case to date and why?
Below is the second essay from our runners up in the UKSC Blog essay competition. Jamie Dunn from the University…
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The Right to Protest Contained by Strasbourg: An Analysis of Austin v UK & The Constitutional Pluralist Issues It Throws Up
This piece was originally posted on the UK Constitutional Law Blog and is reposted here with thanks.
The last few days…
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Problems about renting to under age tenants
I get asked sometimes about renting to tenants who are under 18. You need to be careful here as minors (people under 18) are legally incapable of owning ‘an estate in land’. What happens therefore if they sign a tenancy agreement in their name? This is decided by an act called the Trusts of Land…
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Disrepair…..
We often get asked by Landlords whether the council can inspect their houses and force them to carry out works. Therefore the answer is below:
The Building Act 1984 ss77 and ss78 allows local councils to take action where they believe a property is dan…
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It never rains but it pours
The EHCR has recently delivered its judgement in Kolyadenko v Russia , which (apart from demonstrating the reach of…
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LEASEHOLDERS RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL
As many of you will no doubt be aware in relation to long leasehold property there is generally a right of first refusal to the freehold title when it comes to be sold. The purpose of this blog post is to give a brief overview of the framework.
Part 1…
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Case Comment: Flood v Times Newspapers [2012] UKSC 12, Court allows “Reynolds” appeal
By Hugh Tomlinson QC
In a unanimous decision ([2012] UKSC 11) the Supreme Court today allowed the appeal of Times Newspapers…
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Ben Reeve Lewis reviews ‘How to Win Deposit Disputes’
Why don’t landlords win deposit disputes? Ben Reeve Lewis looks at the problems and thinks How to win deposit disputes could save landlords thousands
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Nothing ever really changes, does it?
Corby BC v Scott & West Kent Housing Association v Haycraft [2012] EWCA Civ 276 are the first cases that…
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Data Protection
A letting agent has been found guilty under section 55 of the Data Protection Act and the Criminal Attempts Act.
The agent was fined £200 and ordered to pay a £15 victim surcharge and £728.60 prosecution costs by Highbury Magistrates Court.
The off…
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