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PODCAST · 30 APRIL 2026

Property Newsletter: Spring Edition

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Gatehouse Law's spring property newsletter covers recent tribunal and court decisions affecting property law, including modifications of restrictive covenants, rent repayment orders for joint tenancies, and pre-action admissions under CPR 14. The team discusses their recent work on building safety, easements, lease renewals, and forfeiture appeals, while announcing their attendance at UKREiiF 2026 in Leeds.

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Jim Findley
Jim Findley
Samuel Read
Samuel Read

Introduction

Greetings all, and welcome to the spring edition of the Gatehouse Property Newsletter. It has been a busy couple of months, in terms of both work and engaging with our clients. Some of you will have bumped into members of the team at MIPIM in Cannes last month, and we are looking forward to UKREiiF in May.

Work-wise, the team has been instructed on some of the most important legal issues of the moment, with various members either heading to, or preparing for, hearings in the Court of Appeal, on cases with wide-ranging impact such as Mazur. 

Our articles this month focus on the tribunal, Andrew Skelly looks at modification of covenants under s.84 in the Upper Tribunal, whilst Philip Marriott explains the complexity of multi-tenant claims for rent repayment orders in the FTT and changes to those orders under the Renters Rights Act. Looking at the courts,  Victoria Dacie-Lombardo’s “Did you Miss?” feature examines what amounts to an admission under CPR Part 14. We hope

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