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"Safe as houses" is an axiom which resonates across cultures, and has an impact on pension investment. Although SIPPS can't invest in residential property, UK commercial property is an important asset class..

Padwick Properties Limited v Punj Lloyd Limited [2016] EWHC 502 (Ch) is a reminder that conduct of both the landlord and tenant are relevant to effect surrender by operation of law...

We have just had a reminder that a landlord’s obligation to pay rates can arise when it has the legal right to take possession even though it is careful not to do so.

Landlords of unoccupied premises, even those where the lease remains in place, are receiving claims from suppliers for the cost of electricity supplied to the property since the tenant vacated.

We reported in June last year on the challenge brought by landlords to the terms of a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) which had been making headlines in the property press.

Landlords are being left with the unenviable decision of whether to remove failing tenants from their premises or simply allow them to stay due to the hike in empty property rates imposed by the Government in April.

Where premises are let partly for residential and partly for business purposes and the tenant resides in the residential part the landlord will not be entitled to evict the tenant from the premises (including the commercial part) unless he complies with Section 2 of the Eviction Act 1977 - i.e. the more stringent requirements for re-entry of residential premises apply to the commercial premises too.

Neil Pota, associate, Bircham Dyson Bell LLP is warning landlords who rent property to retailers to include within their rental contracts the necessity for the tenant to disclose sales figures.

Service charges are by far the most common source of disputes between residential tenants and their landlords.

Landlords of multi-let properties often supply gas and electricity to their tenants via a single network, rather than the tenants being supplied directly by a third party gas or electricity supplier.

It has long been a criminal offence to unlawfully kill, trap or injure wild birds in Scotland. This was established under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Logistics and last mile industrial remain on the ascendant, with significant transactional activity on both the occupier and investor sides.

Commercial landlords know that if a tenant fails to pay rent and the lease contains a forfeiture clause, the landlord can forfeit the lease by peaceable re-entry...

Following the announcement of the upcoming general election it was unknown what draft legislation would still become law before parliament dissolved.

From the 31st January 2025, leaseholders will no longer be required to have owned their property for a minimum period of two years before being able to make a statutory lease extension claim of a flat.

There have been a number of County Court judgments on the issue of using cheques to return a deposit in anticipation of serving a valid Section 21 notice.