Landlord and tenant solicitor, Emma Slade, answers the question, ‘What can I do if my landlord dies?’ If your landlord has died, then the first piece of advice is, ‘Don’t panic’. If you are a legal tenant – or even a lodger – of a property, you do have rights and can remain at the …
Landlord and Tenant law: Picking up the pieces when you pick up a tenant In this real-life case study we look at the issue of tenancy complications following the owner’s death. Our Client’s father had died 11 years ago. Prior to his death, he had purchased a property that he allowed his brother (“U”) to …
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Landlord and tenant solicitor, Emma Slade, looks at dilapidations at the end of a commercial lease. A written commercial lease sets out the agreement between a landlord and the tenant, and the obligations of each party under it. Specifically, it will set out the obligations of the tenant as to repairing covenants (keeping the premises …
Evicting a tenant. What options does a residential landlord have? We receive a lot of enquiries from landlords – and lettings agents – about repossessing houses and flats. Sometimes it is for reasons as simple as needing to sell an investment property with vacant possession but it can be for other reasons. Like the caller …
Landlord and Tenant solicitor, Emma Slade, takes a look at the dangers of buying property with a sub-tenant. If you are buying property that has been sublet then you should take legal advice from a specialist solicitor. Call us on 0333 888 0404 or send an email to us at [email protected] A client of ours had recently …
This is a real-life case study in which we acted for an executor in evicting a beneficiary from a property owned by an estate. Our client was the executor of his father’s estate. Under the terms of the Will, he was legally obliged to call in all of his dad’s assets, sell them where necessary, …
Commercial litigation solicitor Emma Slade reviews the law governing shareholder disputes in a family company. “When it was good, it was very very good. But when it was bad, it was horrid.” With sincere apologies to Longfellow, the above really does encapsulate what it is like when a company is operating well with all its …
Compensation recovered from surveyors of a historic building by our team of specialist professional negligence lawyers A couple wished to purchase a beautiful ‘chocolate box’ half-timbered, Grade II Listed home which had been built in the late 1600s. Given its age and listed status, they commissioned a surveyor who held himself out as having expertise …
If you are interested in suing an insolvency practitioner to recover financial losses resulting from their negligence, then our team of professional negligence solicitors are here to help. A legal claim can be considered when an insolvency practitioner has breached their duty of care. This might arise when an insolvency practitioner doesn’t recover the ‘best …