Top 10 Tips for Residential Landlords

Top 10 Tips for Residential Landlords

At a time where traditional investments and future financial planning remain uncertain, people are increasingly turning to the residential property market in order to secure their financial future. It is becoming more common for people to purchase second homes and let...
Top 10 Tips for Residential Landlords

Is mediation important in court proceedings?

The recent Court of Appeal decision in Thakkar and another v Patel and another [2017] EWCA Civ 117 has re-established the Court’s encouragement towards the use of mediation. The Court awarded a costs sanction against the Defendant for ‘dragging its feet’ in the...
Top 10 Tips for Residential Landlords

Trespass to Land

What is trespass to land? At its simplest, it is intentionally entering on to a person’s land without permission. Trespass to land takes many forms and can range from someone walking over your garden; squatting on land or in a property; encroaching over your boundary...
Top 10 Tips for Residential Landlords

Top Tips on challenging service charges

Owners of flats are ordinarily required to pay service charges to the owner of the building (who we will call the Landlord). In recent years, the average service charges have increased dramatically. A study released last year found that service charges for new build...
Top 10 Tips for Residential Landlords

Injunctions: An overview

Injunctions are Court orders that require a party to do or to refrain from doing a specific act. An injunction is a remedy and in order for the Court to grant one, you must have a valid claim against the party you are wishing to pursue. A few examples of how...