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Focus on: section 49 of the Law of Property Act 1925

The sixth article in our series of monthly articles commemorating the centenary of the passage of the Law of Property Act 1925 is written by Stephanie Tozer KC and Nathaniel Duckworth KC.

Stephanie Tozer KC

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Valley View v NHS Property Services Ltd [2022] EWHC 1393

Edwin Johnson J has handed down judgment in Valley View v NHS Property Services Ltd [2022] EWHC 1393. Jonathan Gaunt QC, Nathaniel Duckworth and Gavin Bennison acted for the successful landlord in these five ‘test cases’ which considered whether GP tenants are liable to pay service charges to their NHS landlord.

Jonathan Gaunt KC

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Rent arrears claims preceding the Government’s Arbitration Scheme: stay the proceedings or stay the course?

Nat Duckworth has produced a short article on Rent arrears claims preceding the Government’s Arbitration Scheme. This was first published in the latest edition of the Woodfall Landlord and Tenant Bulletin.

Nathaniel Duckworth KC

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Does a Tenant really have to go on paying rent during lockdown? Perhaps we should ask the Officious Bystander…

If tenants are precluded by law from making use of the premises demised them, do they still have to go on paying their rent in full? Nathaniel Duckworth discusses.