Leases: Let it go

The current vogue for sub-letting has hit a hurdle in the courts. Henry Webb explains ‘While a “private residence” covenant will normally only prevent the Airbnb style of letting, the covenant at issue in Roundlistic is far worse from a purchaser’s perspective, because it effectively prevents any sub-letting at all.’Following the Upper Tribunal’s recent decision …
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Adverse Possession: Artificial termination

What happens when tenant acquires possession without the landlord realising? Rebecca Allwood examines a case involving a periodic tenancy ‘Paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 of the Act confirms that the limitation period will only start to run once the landowner has been “dispossessed”. For this to happen there must be a person in possession in …
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