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The Limits of Guarantor Liability: Lessons from Holme v Brunskill (1878)

The Limits of Guarantor Liability: Lessons from Holme v Brunskill (1878)

The question of whether a guarantor would still be liable after the end of the term of an assured shorthold…
2 years ago
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How to recover debt by winding up or bankruptcy

If you are owed a substantial sum of money, you may have considered petitioning to wind up the debtor company,…
2 years ago
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Residential Possession Proceedings: Answering Landlords’ common questions

If a landlord wants their property back and a tenant refuses to leave voluntarily, the landlord must follow the legal…
2 years ago
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The Right of First Refusal – When Does It Apply?

When a landlord is planning to sell the freehold of a building that contains residential flats, it is usually legally…
2 years ago
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The “Thomas-Van Staden Trap” – The Effect on Contracting Out of Leases

Many landlords want certainty about their future use of a property once their tenant’s lease term expires….
2 years ago
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Commercial Landlords: Tenants Insolvency

All of the government emergency legislation for COVID that was designed to prevent commercial tenants being wound up or leases…
4 years ago
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Tenants: Can a break clause be used to re-gear my lease?

We have seen tenants offering not to exercise their break option in a lease in return for a further rent-free…
5 years ago
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What is Turnover Rent and who does it benefit?

Turnover Rent is a form of Rent in Commercial Leases which may benefit both a Landlord and a Tenant….
6 years ago
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Security of tenure and the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

In the case of business tenancies, both landlords and tenants need to be aware of security of tenure. Security of…
6 years ago

The Trust Registration Service (TRS)

This sounds like some sort of helpful registration devise for setting up a trust. If you believe that, you are…
7 years ago
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Home owners be aware (beware) of Capital Gains Tax – Part 2.

This article dives into a little more detail at some of the issues that may surround the new rules of…
7 years ago
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What do I do if my Executors, Trustee or Attorney dies or gets dementia?

It is not uncommon to find that a client outlives their solicitor, or discovers that their solicitor has retired or…
7 years ago