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The Meaning of Contractual Reasonableness: Issues to be Decided by the Court of Appeal

Civil Procedure: Whether the Court was Right to Strike Out a Claim Due to Delays Caused by its Own Processes (Keith v Benka and Another – 2023)

Rights of First Refusal: Whether Qualifying Tenants are Entitled to Acquire the Freehold of an Estate Containing Multiple Buildings

Service Charge: Whether Costs of Works Commissioned by a Leaseholder Were Recoverable Through the Service Charge (Thirty One Crescent Grove Ltd v Atherden – 2024)

Service Charge: Whether a Landlord Had Conducted Adequate Statutory Consultation with Leaseholders (Ambercrown Ltd v Perrett and another – 2024)

Whether an Earlier Settlement Agreement Prevented a Landlord from Seeking Forfeiture (29 Buckland Crescent Management Company Ltd v White – 2024)

Breach of Covenant: Whether Acceptance of Rent by an Agent Amounted to a Waiver of Breach of Lease (The Tropical Zoo Ltd v Hounslow LBC – 2024)

Repairing Obligations: Whether a Landlord Was Entitled to Undertake Repairs Using a System Which Required Additional Apparatus (Triplark Ltd v Calvert and others – 2024)

Building Safety: Grant of a Remediation Order Where a Landlord Has Been Proactive in Dealing with Fire Safety Issues (Di Bari and others v Avon Ground Rents Ltd – 2024)

Rational or Reasonable? A Recent Case Highlights Clarifies the Meaning of Contractual Reasonableness.

Adverse Possession: Whether a Failure to Speak Prevented a Defendant from Asserting Title to a Loft Space (Massouri v Omani Estates Ltd – 2024)

Service Charges: The Legal Implications of a Tenant Paying Service Charges Demanded (Poplar Housing and Regeneration Community Association Ltd v Khan – 2024)

Property Management: Whether a Property Management Company Owed a Tenant a Duty of Care in Respect of Independent Contractors (Shamsan v 44-49 Lowndes Square Management Company Ltd – 2024)

Court of Appeal to Review Whether Service by Post of Prescribed Information Invalidated S.21 Notice (D’Aubigny v Khan & Anor – 2023)

Property Management: Whether a Manager Appointed by the FTT Can Be an “Accountable Person” Under the Building Safety Act 2022 (Unsdorfer v Octagon Overseas Limited and Others – 2024)

Service Charge: Whether an Application for Determination Should Have Been Struck Out Where the Relevant Period Related to an Earlier Application (Connell and another v Beal Developments Ltd and others – 2024)

Service Charge: Whether Leases Should Be Varied to Allow For a Change in the Computation of Service Charges (Tower Hamlets Community Housing Ltd v Leaseholders of Painter House – 2024)

Service Charge: Whether Service Charge was Payable in Respect of Roof Repairs (Crisplane Ltd v Plymouth Community Homes Ltd – 2024)

Lease Extension: Assessing Comparables, Adjustments and Value of 1993 Act Rights in Valuation of a Lease Extension (Daejan Investments Ltd v Nigel and another – 2024)

Service Charge: Whether a Landlord Waived its Right to Forfeit a Lease Where Proceedings are Issued in Respect of Unpaid Service Charge (Clemente v Mindmere Limited – 2024)

Consent for Alterations: Whether Consent Was Reasonably Withheld Where the Tenant Changed its Proposed Alterations (Messenex Property Investments Ltd v Lanark Square Ltd – 2024)

Building Safety Act 2022: Assessing the Evidence Needed to Support an Application for a Remediation Order (Mistry v Wallace Estates – 2023)

Review of Relevant Circumstances for Grant of a Remediation Contribution Order (Triathlon Homes LLP v Stratford Village Development Partnership and others – 2024)

Land Registration: Whether an assignee whose interest had not been registered was entitled to serve a break notice (Sackville UK Property Select II (GP) No. 1 Limited v Robertson Taylor Insurance Brokers Limited – 2023)

Property Development: Whether a landlord should have offered qualifying tenants a right of first refusal when granting leases of roof space (S Franses Ltd and another v Block 6 Ashley Gardens Roof Gardens Ltd and others – 2023)

Service Charge: JB Leitch successfully defends s.27A application made by leaseholders challenging increased insurance premium

Insolvency: Whether a bankruptcy petition is valid where a landlord fails to notify tenant with address for service (Sunset Ltd v Al-Hindi – 2023)

Building Safety: Whether a social housing provider was liable for costs of building safety works (St John Street Property Services Ltd v Riverside Group Ltd – 2023)

Commercial Property: Appeal of terms of a new lease to be granted to a tenant under Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 (B&M Retail Ltd v HSBC Bank Pension Trust (UK) Ltd – 2023)

Service Charges: Whether a landlord’s surveyor had jurisdiction to vary the service charge apportionments payable under a lease (Braganza v The Riverside Group Ltd – 2023)