If you have a claim against someone, it is important that you send a letter to the prospective defendant setting out full details of your claim. This is called a ‘Letter of Claim’ or “Letter Before Action”. 

The majority of people involved in the rented housing sector (both private and public) in England will encounter the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (“HHSRS”) from time to time.

All too often, family members make promises to other family members relating to their property. Further, in reliance on those promises and assurances, those family members suffer some kind of detriment in expectation of receiving the specified property or assets.

ChatGPT can be a helpful tool to assist with drafting. You provide clear instructions and context for the document you need to draft, and it will come back with some wording which may be a helpful starting point. For parties who want to launch into litigation over a dispute, the temptation can therefore be to try to start that process by using ChatGPT to prepare the letter of claim. However, that can have significant consequences.

Thinking about buying a house with your partner? Or perhaps you’re considering purchasing property with a friend or family member? Alternatively, you might be planning to move in with someone who already owns a property.

There are certain requirements which need to be complied with to make sure that CCTV is lawful, as there can be potential issues with data protection and privacy with CCTV cameras in communal areas.

For many residential landlords, ensuring compliance with the right to rent provisions may have slipped down the list of priorities.

After several years of discussion, the Renters (Reform) Bill has finally now been published – and the starting gun has been fired for substantial changes to the private rented sector.

Being a landlord is a tricky business. There are so many legislative hoops to jump through that it may feel like the law is trying to catch them out.

The Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 allows specific people to bring a claim against the estate of someone where they believe the will or the rules on intestacy fails to make reasonable financial provision for them. 

At the start of the year, I predicted that the long-promised bill on rental reform could finally emerge early this year. The publication last week 9 February 2023) of a House of Commons report does perhaps mean that prediction may have been a little optimistic.

Over a year after the case was first heard, the Supreme Court has finally handed down its decision in the much-reported case, involving the problems caused by the Tate Modern’s viewing platform, and its proximity to the glass-fronted residential flats next door. And it makes for interesting reading.