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The Appellant, Great Jackson St Estates Limited, is the tenant of two redundant warehouses in Manchester. The Respondent, the Council of the City of Manchester, is the freehold owner and the relevant planning authority. At the date of the hearing before the Upper Tribunal, 61 years of that term remained unexpired.

The case determined that a "private property" sign is sufficient to prevent adjoining landowners from claiming a prescriptive right of way, rejecting the argument that the sign must mention private rights explicitly.

This August, Downing College, Cambridge, will host one of the world's leading construction law events – a five‑day residential programme of expert talks, practical workshops and networking.

1954 Act opposed lease renewal – breach of covenant- material time – whether a tenant "ought not" to be granted a new lease.

The case raised the novel question of whether an order for interim payment on account of costs under CPR r.44.2(8) can be enforced by way of charging order. The short answer is "yes".

The Respondent ("R") was the owner of a property, sharing a party wall with a property owned by Mr and Mrs P. R carried our works on his property without serving any notice under the Party Wall etc.

A lasting impact of the pandemic appears to be the shift in travel behaviour towards increased use of e-scooters and bicycles

Although a fixture of the US legal system, collective actions have not traditionally formed a significant part of the English legal landscape.

Following trial, Mr Justice Richards had to determine various consequential matters. The key question was whether an order made pursuant to s 19 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 was in interest...

Generally speaking, injuries (however serious) sustained in the course of contact sports are an accepted risk and do not sound in damages.

Jamal Demachkie acted for Together Commercial Finance Limited (Together), the successful Defendant. This case concerns a dispute as to priorities between two lenders...

It isn't often that the senior courts pronounce on the School Sites Acts, so the Supreme Court's recent judgment in Rittson-Thomas v Oxfordshire County Council [2021] UKSC 13 is welcome...

Mention it softly but the dreaded pandemic has definitely blown a few corporate cobwebs away in the last 18 months.

Diversity and inclusion are central to Gatehouse Chambers values. The Gatehouse Chambers Charter has been adopted by chambers as a whole to drive our collective and individual growth and development.

A Court of Appeal case examines whether financial services regulations or property law principles take precedence when a sale and rent back agreement violates the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. The dispute centered on whether innocent parties could recover property transferred to third parties after the original transaction breached regulatory requirements.

In summer 2021 a firm of solicitors (‘Candey') sent their clients (the ‘Boshehs') a settlement agreement for signature. It was a ‘drop hands' settlement with no costs order which meant Candey would be paid nothing under their CFA.

Back in the day a trespasser was someone who either entered someone else's land without permission and tended to be participating in a quite solitary pursuit which was likely to resolve...

In Pennistone Holdings Ltd v Rock Ferry Waterfront Trust [2021] EWCA Civ 1029, the Court of Appeal revisited the question of when land is in ‘actual occupation' for the purpose establishing an overriding interest under paragraph 2 ...