Property Claims: Personal injury claims against landlords

In the concluding part of their two-part article Jonathan Mitchell and Georgina Cursham examine the issues that arise with accidents on demised premises ‘Any potential claim or defence against a landlord will require careful consideration of the tenancy agreement.’ In last month’s article we considered the liability of landlords at common law and under statute. …
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Property Claims: Personal injury claims against landlords

In the first of a two-part article Jonathan Mitchell and Georgina Cursham examine the issues that arise with accidents on demised premises ‘It has always been the case that where a landlord undertakes express duties in a lease, he will be liable to his tenant for foreseeable losses caused by breach of those express duties.’ …
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Development: Dealing with defects

Helen Pickard examines the ramifications for developers and certifying architects of a recent High Court decision dealing with their liabilities to original and subsequent purchasers S&P argued that there was no warranty as their retainer was with Optima and was entered into several years prior to the claimants purchasing the flats. The recent High Court …
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