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Service Charges: Whether the First-tier Tribunal’s Conduct During a Hearing Was Unfair (Sovereign Network Homes (formerly known as Network Homes Limited) v Hakobyan and Others – 2025)

Building Safety Act 2022: The “Just and Equitable” Test When Making Remediation Contribution Orders (Grey GR Ltd Partnership v Edgewater (Stevenage) and others – 2025)

Adverse Possession & Land Registration: Supreme Court Hands Down Decision as to Interpretation of Ten-Year Period of Reasonable Belief of Ownership (Brown v Ridley – 2025)

Service Charges: Whether Tenants Were Liable for Certain Charges Where Wording in Tenancy Agreements Was Ambiguous (Notting Hill Genesis v Uddin and others – 2025)

Service of Notices & Prescribed Information: Court of Appeal Hands Down Decision as to Whether Service by Post Invalidated a s.21 Notice (Khan and another v D’Aubigny (National Residential Landlords Association intervening) – 2025)

Claims for Trespass: Valuation of a Trespass Claim Relating to Commercial Premises (Restaurant EC3 Ltd v Tavor Holdings Ltd – 2024)

Building Safety Act 2022: Whether Defective Works Presented a Building Safety Risk That Resulted in The Grant of a Building Liability Order (381 Southwark Park Road RTM Company Ltd and others v Click St Andrews Ltd (in liquidation) and another company – 2024)

Right to Manage: Decision Handed Down in Key Appeal on the Interpretation of Section 72(3) Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 for the Purposes of an RTM Claim

Right to Manage: Whether Roof Voids Without Flooring Should Be Included in Internal Floor Area Calculations (Interface Properties Limited v 307 Barking Road RTM Company Limited – 2024)

Tribunal Procedure: Whether Tribunal Proceedings Were Properly Commenced Where a Fee is Paid Later (Jevan v Athansiadi and Another – 2024)

Right to Manage: JB Leitch Acts in Key Appeal on the Interpretation of Section 72(3) Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002

Breach of Lease & Relief from Forfeiture: Whether a Tenant Breached the Permitted Use of a Property Following Suspension from their Regulatory Body (Bijlani v Medical Express (London) Ltd – 2024)

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Right to Manage: Whether a Leaseholder Was Classed as a Qualifying Tenant During the “Registration Gap” (Avon Freeholds Limited v Cresta Court E RTM Company Ltd – 2024)

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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)