When residential service charge demands are issued after completion of the works, a landlord must issue the demand within 18 months. If the demand is provided later than this, the landlord cannot recover the costs, unless a notice has been served during the 18 months stating that: Costs have been incurred: The tenant must contribute to them by payment of a service charge. Read more ...
26 September 2011
A Court of Appeal decision highlights the risks for commercial tenants of failing to correctly exercise the break clause in their lease. In this case, the tenant failed to give vacant possession in accordance with the terms of the break clause in its lease. Read more ...
31 August 2011
A landlord under an assured shorthold tenancy (AST) must protect a tenant’s deposit by using an authorised tenancy deposit scheme (TDS) operated by an approved scheme administrator. A TDS has two main objectives: Read more ...
31 July 2011
