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Sam works within the Forfeiture team. Sam’s responsibilities center around administration work relating to payment of outstanding arrears. This primarily concerns the drafting of Section 146 Notice’s and Possession Claims,...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/about-us/our-team/sam-mehta/
Where a company operated a house of multiple occupation without a licence, did they have a sufficient ‘reasonable excuse’ for not applying for such a licence? The background In Palmview...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/palmview-estates-ltd-v-thurrock-council-2022-court-of-appeal-property-law-property-litigation-landlord-and-tenant/
Where an application is made for registration of an easement in respect of access over a neighbouring property, can an easement exist where a covenant has been entered into requiring...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/browning-and-another-v-jack-and-another-2022-rights-of-way-commercial-property/
Where a communications site is already occupied, the Upper Tribunal considers financial consideration and compensation payable under an agreement granting rights under the Electronic Communications Code. The background In EE...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/ee-ltd-and-another-v-affinity-water-ltd-2022-landlord-and-tenant-electronic-communications-code/
The Upper Tribunal is asked to consider an appeal to determine the premium payable by enfranchising tenants where market value is unclear as a result of two sales completed with...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/leasehold-enfranchisement-determination-of-enfranchisement-premium-where-market-value-is-unclear/
We are seeking an enthusiastic individual to join one of our fast paced legal teams. The successful applicant will have great communication skills a strong work ethic and be able to...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/careers/current-vacancies/paralegal/
Where an application is made for an access order under the Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 (“ANLA 1992”), the High Court provides guidance as to the Courts’ approach to...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/access-to-neighbouring-land-high-court-considers-approach-for-determination-of-access-order-applications-prime-london-holdings-11-ltd-v-thurloe-lodge-ltd-2022/
JB Leitch have this week been successful in another building safety case, relating to an application under Section 27A Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 to determine estimated service charges in...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/firm-news/service-charge-building-safety-success-for-jb-leitch-at-the-first-tier-tribunal/
We’re delighted to confirm that we have once again been awarded Silver Investors in People status, a standard that recognises a highly empowered workforce and a strong commitment to developing...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/firm-news/maintaining-the-highest-standards-jb-leitch-retain-investors-in-people-silver-status/
Talia is a Trainee Solicitor within the Technical and Complex team. Talia’s responsibilities include corresponding with lessees and lenders, collecting all associated documents for files, research and supporting fee earners in...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/about-us/our-team/talia-ogrady/
Where a landlord has operated a House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) without a licence, is the housing authority out of time in imposing a financial penalty contrary to the Housing...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/homes-of-multiple-occupation-defining-sufficient-evidence-when-imposing-a-financial-penalty-on-an-unlicensed-hmo/
JB Leitch acted for the applicant landlord in its successful application to the First-tier Tribunal for dispensation from the consultation requirements under section 20 Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, in...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/firm-news/landlord-service-charges-building-safety/
Margy brings her considerable experience to her role as receptionist, being responsible for providing channelled communication to teams and individuals across the business. Margy’s duties also include coordinating on-site facilities...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/about-us/our-team/margaret-houghton/
J B Leitch represented the applicant landlord in its successful application to the First-tier Tribunal for dispensation from the consultation requirements under section 20 Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, in...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/firm-news/service-charge-consultation-jb-leitch-secures-dispensation-from-section-20-consultation-requirements-for-landlord-client/
Working on the client administration team, Taylor specialises in service charge and ground rent debt recovery. Taylor has expertise in court proceedings to achieve the best outcomes for our clients....
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/about-us/our-team/taylor-woodhouse/
In a case where leaseholders were exercising their right to enfranchisement of a block of flats, how should consideration be calculated if the landlord is able to demonstrate a wish...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/enfranchisement-where-a-landlord-intends-to-develop-a-property-how-should-enfranchisement-consideration-be-calculated-vectis-property-company-ltd-v-cambrai-court-management-company-ltd-2022/
For a number of years, JB Leitch has provided support to Circus Starr – an organisation with the aim to transform, enrich and inspire the lives of children and...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/about-us/in-the-community/
The background In Golding v Martin [2022], the tenant of a flat moved abroad, did not pay any service charges and the flat fell into disrepair. No forwarding address was...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/relief-from-forfeiture-whether-an-order-for-possession-was-needed-where-peaceable-re-entry-had-been-exercised-by-a-landlord-golding-v-martin-2022/
Established on 1 May 1997, JB Leitch has evolved into the market leader in leasehold and property management law. The success of the business reflects the vision and commitment of...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/firm-news/looking-back-moving-forward-celebrating-our-25th-anniversary/
The background In Stampfer v Avon Ground Rents Ltd [2022], the appellant was the leaseholder of a flat held under a 125-year lease where the respondent was the freeholder of...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/landlord-ground-rent/
JB Leitch acted for the applicant landlord in its successful application to the First-tier Tribunal for dispensation from the service charge consultation requirements under section 20 of the Landlord and...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/firm-news/service-charge-consultation-jb-leitch-represents-landlord-in-successful-application-for-dispensation-from-consultation/
The Supreme Court issued its recent judgment addressing the circumstances where a grant of a possession order for a fixed-term, secure tenancy may be made. In particular, the judgment decides...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/whether-a-tenancy-agreement-could-be-terminated/
Service Charges: Assessing reasonableness of service charges demanded following earlier overpayments
Where tenants had overpaid service charges in previous years, were sums demanded by the landlord reasonable or was it required to set off overpayments against anticipated expenditure? The background In...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/landlord-service-charges/
When a partnership occupying a property under a purported licence enters into administration and a third party wishes to take possession, can a possession claim by trustees of the partnership...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/commercial-property-registered-title/
Where parties have entered into a development agreement subject to a restriction, can the court order removal of the restriction by way of interim remedy to permit the development to...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/property-development-whether-an-agreed-restriction-on-title-can-be-removed-permitting-a-development-to-proceed/
JB Leitch acted for the applicant landlord in its successful application to the First-tier Tribunal for dispensation from the service charge consultation requirements under section 20 of the Landlord and...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/firm-news/service-charge-consultation-dispensation-with-consultation-building-safety-fund-major-works-s-20za-landlord-and-tenant-act-1985-first-tier-tribunal-property-law-property-litigation-property-de/
Whether a writ of possession could be declared null and void in circumstances where the applicant had been protected by a mental health crisis moratorium at the time the writ...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/whether-a-writ-of-possession-eviction-proceedings-are-null-void-where-a-mental-health-crisis-moratorium-is-in-place-lees-v-kaye-and-another-2022/
Where knowledge of a leaseholder’s address is not passed to a landlord by its predecessor in title and ground rent demands are subsequently issued to the incorrect address, are ground...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/service-of-ground-rent-demand/
In this blog, Trainee Solicitor Katie Orr reviews a recent case success for JB Leitch which focused on the prevalent subject of serve charge apportionment… Our recent case success focused...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/blogs/jb-leitch-case-success-service-charge-apportionments/
Following on from our recent article on our success in a recent service charge apportionment matter for building safety works, JB Leitch were last week week successful at the First-tier...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/firm-news/jb-leitch-case-success-in-determining-the-reasonableness-of-service-charges/
Part of the wider litigation in the matter of Croydon London Borough Council v Kalonga [2022], the Court of Appeal considers a judicial review relating to the housing authority’s ability...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/blogs/landlord-and-tenant-procedure/
Where restrictive covenants affect property such that redevelopment is not permitted, will the Upper Tribunal modify restrictions where they prevent a reasonable use of the property and offer no practical...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/restrictive-covenants-whether-restrictions-could-be-modified-to-permit-a-reasonable-use-of-the-property-dickinson-v-adams-and-another-2022/
Following a statutory transfer scheme which vested 3,700 Primary Care Trust properties, many occupied by GP practices, in NHS Property Services Ltd, were those GP practices liable for payment of...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/service-charges-for-nhs-properties-whether-service-charges-are-payable-by-gps-to-nhs-landlords-valley-view-v-nhs-property-services-ltd-2022/
Where a notice to quit agricultural premises was served on the wrong party, was the notice still valid where the recipient could have reasonably understood the purpose of the notice...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/service-of-notice-to-quit-whether-a-notice-was-valid-where-the-recipient-was-incorrect-but-had-knowledge-of-the-correct-tenant-turner-and-others-v-thomas-and-another-2022/
In our previous report, the Upper Tribunal considered an appeal as to whether a freeholder was entitled to charge a £30 fee for service of a s.166 notice to leaseholders...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/court-of-appeal-update-whether-a-freeholder-could-charge-fees-for-service-of-s-166-notice-that-ground-rent-is-due-stampfer-v-avon-ground-rents-ltd-2022/
This recent decision expands on our earlier case report in Axnoller Events v Brake [2021] whereby the High Court ruled on an application in respect of payment of costs where...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/civil-procedure-rules-whether-an-email-address-constitutes-a-valid-address-for-service/
Where an application made to strike out witness evidence is found to be disproportionate, should costs assessed on an indemnity basis be awarded? The background In Curtiss and others v...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/assessment-of-costs-whether-indemnity-costs-should-be-awarded-in-an-application-to-strike-out-evidence-curtiss-and-others-v-zurich-insurance-plc-2022/
Abbie assists with a broad range of commercial and residential property litigation matters. Her experience spans commercial forfeiture, debt recovery, breaches of covenant, enforcement actions, and service charge disputes, primarily...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/about-us/our-team/abbie-mcintyre/
As a member of the Credit Control Team, Tricia is responsible for the collection of outstanding invoices. Having worked in debt collection since 2000, Tricia has lots of experience in...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/about-us/our-team/tricia/
In recent weeks the introduction of the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act has brought to the fore the subject of ground rents and the implications for landlords under the new...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/blogs/ground-rent-assured-tenancies-s-8-of-the-housing-act-1988/
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Sam works within the Forfeiture team. Sam’s responsibilities center around administration work relating to payment of outstanding arrears. This primarily concerns the drafting of Section 146 Notice’s and Possession Claims,...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/about-us/our-team/sam-mehta/
Talia is a Trainee Solicitor within the Technical and Complex team. Talia’s responsibilities include corresponding with lessees and lenders, collecting all associated documents for files, research and supporting fee earners in...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/about-us/our-team/talia-ogrady/
Margy brings her considerable experience to her role as receptionist, being responsible for providing channelled communication to teams and individuals across the business. Margy’s duties also include coordinating on-site facilities...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/about-us/our-team/margaret-houghton/
Working on the client administration team, Taylor specialises in service charge and ground rent debt recovery. Taylor has expertise in court proceedings to achieve the best outcomes for our clients....
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/about-us/our-team/taylor-woodhouse/
Abbie assists with a broad range of commercial and residential property litigation matters. Her experience spans commercial forfeiture, debt recovery, breaches of covenant, enforcement actions, and service charge disputes, primarily...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/about-us/our-team/abbie-mcintyre/
As a member of the Credit Control Team, Tricia is responsible for the collection of outstanding invoices. Having worked in debt collection since 2000, Tricia has lots of experience in...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/about-us/our-team/tricia/
Top 32 results.
Where a company operated a house of multiple occupation without a licence, did they have a sufficient ‘reasonable excuse’ for not applying for such a licence? The background In Palmview...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/palmview-estates-ltd-v-thurrock-council-2022-court-of-appeal-property-law-property-litigation-landlord-and-tenant/
Where an application is made for registration of an easement in respect of access over a neighbouring property, can an easement exist where a covenant has been entered into requiring...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/browning-and-another-v-jack-and-another-2022-rights-of-way-commercial-property/
Where a communications site is already occupied, the Upper Tribunal considers financial consideration and compensation payable under an agreement granting rights under the Electronic Communications Code. The background In EE...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/ee-ltd-and-another-v-affinity-water-ltd-2022-landlord-and-tenant-electronic-communications-code/
The Upper Tribunal is asked to consider an appeal to determine the premium payable by enfranchising tenants where market value is unclear as a result of two sales completed with...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/leasehold-enfranchisement-determination-of-enfranchisement-premium-where-market-value-is-unclear/
Where an application is made for an access order under the Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 (“ANLA 1992”), the High Court provides guidance as to the Courts’ approach to...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/access-to-neighbouring-land-high-court-considers-approach-for-determination-of-access-order-applications-prime-london-holdings-11-ltd-v-thurloe-lodge-ltd-2022/
JB Leitch have this week been successful in another building safety case, relating to an application under Section 27A Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 to determine estimated service charges in...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/firm-news/service-charge-building-safety-success-for-jb-leitch-at-the-first-tier-tribunal/
We’re delighted to confirm that we have once again been awarded Silver Investors in People status, a standard that recognises a highly empowered workforce and a strong commitment to developing...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/firm-news/maintaining-the-highest-standards-jb-leitch-retain-investors-in-people-silver-status/
Where a landlord has operated a House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) without a licence, is the housing authority out of time in imposing a financial penalty contrary to the Housing...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/homes-of-multiple-occupation-defining-sufficient-evidence-when-imposing-a-financial-penalty-on-an-unlicensed-hmo/
JB Leitch acted for the applicant landlord in its successful application to the First-tier Tribunal for dispensation from the consultation requirements under section 20 Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, in...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/firm-news/landlord-service-charges-building-safety/
J B Leitch represented the applicant landlord in its successful application to the First-tier Tribunal for dispensation from the consultation requirements under section 20 Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, in...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/firm-news/service-charge-consultation-jb-leitch-secures-dispensation-from-section-20-consultation-requirements-for-landlord-client/
In a case where leaseholders were exercising their right to enfranchisement of a block of flats, how should consideration be calculated if the landlord is able to demonstrate a wish...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/enfranchisement-where-a-landlord-intends-to-develop-a-property-how-should-enfranchisement-consideration-be-calculated-vectis-property-company-ltd-v-cambrai-court-management-company-ltd-2022/
The background In Golding v Martin [2022], the tenant of a flat moved abroad, did not pay any service charges and the flat fell into disrepair. No forwarding address was...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/relief-from-forfeiture-whether-an-order-for-possession-was-needed-where-peaceable-re-entry-had-been-exercised-by-a-landlord-golding-v-martin-2022/
Established on 1 May 1997, JB Leitch has evolved into the market leader in leasehold and property management law. The success of the business reflects the vision and commitment of...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/firm-news/looking-back-moving-forward-celebrating-our-25th-anniversary/
The background In Stampfer v Avon Ground Rents Ltd [2022], the appellant was the leaseholder of a flat held under a 125-year lease where the respondent was the freeholder of...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/landlord-ground-rent/
JB Leitch acted for the applicant landlord in its successful application to the First-tier Tribunal for dispensation from the service charge consultation requirements under section 20 of the Landlord and...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/firm-news/service-charge-consultation-jb-leitch-represents-landlord-in-successful-application-for-dispensation-from-consultation/
The Supreme Court issued its recent judgment addressing the circumstances where a grant of a possession order for a fixed-term, secure tenancy may be made. In particular, the judgment decides...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/whether-a-tenancy-agreement-could-be-terminated/
Service Charges: Assessing reasonableness of service charges demanded following earlier overpayments
Where tenants had overpaid service charges in previous years, were sums demanded by the landlord reasonable or was it required to set off overpayments against anticipated expenditure? The background In...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/landlord-service-charges/
When a partnership occupying a property under a purported licence enters into administration and a third party wishes to take possession, can a possession claim by trustees of the partnership...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/commercial-property-registered-title/
Where parties have entered into a development agreement subject to a restriction, can the court order removal of the restriction by way of interim remedy to permit the development to...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/property-development-whether-an-agreed-restriction-on-title-can-be-removed-permitting-a-development-to-proceed/
JB Leitch acted for the applicant landlord in its successful application to the First-tier Tribunal for dispensation from the service charge consultation requirements under section 20 of the Landlord and...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/firm-news/service-charge-consultation-dispensation-with-consultation-building-safety-fund-major-works-s-20za-landlord-and-tenant-act-1985-first-tier-tribunal-property-law-property-litigation-property-de/
Whether a writ of possession could be declared null and void in circumstances where the applicant had been protected by a mental health crisis moratorium at the time the writ...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/whether-a-writ-of-possession-eviction-proceedings-are-null-void-where-a-mental-health-crisis-moratorium-is-in-place-lees-v-kaye-and-another-2022/
Where knowledge of a leaseholder’s address is not passed to a landlord by its predecessor in title and ground rent demands are subsequently issued to the incorrect address, are ground...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/service-of-ground-rent-demand/
In this blog, Trainee Solicitor Katie Orr reviews a recent case success for JB Leitch which focused on the prevalent subject of serve charge apportionment… Our recent case success focused...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/blogs/jb-leitch-case-success-service-charge-apportionments/
Following on from our recent article on our success in a recent service charge apportionment matter for building safety works, JB Leitch were last week week successful at the First-tier...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/firm-news/jb-leitch-case-success-in-determining-the-reasonableness-of-service-charges/
Part of the wider litigation in the matter of Croydon London Borough Council v Kalonga [2022], the Court of Appeal considers a judicial review relating to the housing authority’s ability...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/blogs/landlord-and-tenant-procedure/
Where restrictive covenants affect property such that redevelopment is not permitted, will the Upper Tribunal modify restrictions where they prevent a reasonable use of the property and offer no practical...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/restrictive-covenants-whether-restrictions-could-be-modified-to-permit-a-reasonable-use-of-the-property-dickinson-v-adams-and-another-2022/
Following a statutory transfer scheme which vested 3,700 Primary Care Trust properties, many occupied by GP practices, in NHS Property Services Ltd, were those GP practices liable for payment of...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/service-charges-for-nhs-properties-whether-service-charges-are-payable-by-gps-to-nhs-landlords-valley-view-v-nhs-property-services-ltd-2022/
Where a notice to quit agricultural premises was served on the wrong party, was the notice still valid where the recipient could have reasonably understood the purpose of the notice...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/service-of-notice-to-quit-whether-a-notice-was-valid-where-the-recipient-was-incorrect-but-had-knowledge-of-the-correct-tenant-turner-and-others-v-thomas-and-another-2022/
In our previous report, the Upper Tribunal considered an appeal as to whether a freeholder was entitled to charge a £30 fee for service of a s.166 notice to leaseholders...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/court-of-appeal-update-whether-a-freeholder-could-charge-fees-for-service-of-s-166-notice-that-ground-rent-is-due-stampfer-v-avon-ground-rents-ltd-2022/
This recent decision expands on our earlier case report in Axnoller Events v Brake [2021] whereby the High Court ruled on an application in respect of payment of costs where...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/civil-procedure-rules-whether-an-email-address-constitutes-a-valid-address-for-service/
Where an application made to strike out witness evidence is found to be disproportionate, should costs assessed on an indemnity basis be awarded? The background In Curtiss and others v...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/case-law-comment/assessment-of-costs-whether-indemnity-costs-should-be-awarded-in-an-application-to-strike-out-evidence-curtiss-and-others-v-zurich-insurance-plc-2022/
In recent weeks the introduction of the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act has brought to the fore the subject of ground rents and the implications for landlords under the new...
https://www.jbleitch.co.uk/news-insights/blogs/ground-rent-assured-tenancies-s-8-of-the-housing-act-1988/
