Where commercial tenants have stopped paying rent, landlords may be able to forfeit the lease which has the effect of bringing the lease to an end. The first stage for any commercial landlord considering forfeiture for non-payment of rent is to check that there is a right to forfeit in the lease. Any well drafted
The hot summer months lead to a large rise in neighbour disputes compared to other parts of the year. Most of the disputes are over such things as noise, bad parking and overhanging trees or hedges. These issues can simmer throughout the year but tend to come to a head during the summer when the
It is now widely accepted across the legal profession that businesses could save thousands of pounds if they used mediation as a way of settling disputes with employees and other companies. Mediation allows disputing parties to settle their disagreements with the help of a trained mediator at a fraction of the cost of going to
The Tenant Fees Act 2019 came into force on 1st June 2019 and provided more rules regulating tenancy deposits. The new rules undoubtedly provide a new hurdle for landlords, but it’s important that landlords continue to work to get the basics right. We have found that despite it being many years since the law changed
The government has launched a consultation on how to ensure greater equality in parental leave entitlements. The consultation will ask whether statutory paternity leave for fathers and same sex partners should be changed, and for suggestions on ways in which the shared parental leave policy introduced in 2015 could be improved. The government is looking
A woman has been committed to prison following a dispute with her brother over their late father’s estate. The court heard that neither of the siblings had been named as executor of their father’s will but the sister had taken the role without authority to do so. The brother applied to have the sister removed
The Court of Protection has stepped into safeguard the interests of an elderly pensioner who was unable to handle his financial affairs at a time when he was facing complex legal action. The case involved a 75-year-old man who had various medical conditions. He struggled with alcohol abuse and suffered with short-term memory loss and
A woman has won the right to her receive her late partner’s military pension, after a legal battle that lasted several years. Jane Langford had been in a relationship with Air Commodore Christopher Green for 15 years when he died suddenly in 2011. Ordinarily, she would have been entitled to a bereavement grant and her
A wife has failed in her attempt to force the immediate sale of her former husband’s company shares as the High Court ruled it was “was not a propitious time to sell”. The wife had applied for financial remedy orders after the seven-year marriage broke down. She was from a wealthy family and the couple
The latest House Price Index figures show that the cost of an average home in the UK jumped 0.7% between March and April. The annual rise to April was 1.4%, bringing the cost of the average property to £228,903. In England, the annual rise was 1.1%, with the average property costing £245,128. The regional data