Devonshires

4/14/2025 8:38:52 AM

Court of Appeal Rules on Boundary Demarcation Agreements

By Zoe McLean-Wells Shannon Morrison

The Court of Appeal has clarified the binding nature of boundary demarcation agreements on successors in title, irrespective of their...

4/8/2025 12:46:51 PM

A landlord cannot be the subject of a Remediation Order where the Right to Manage has been exercised

By Zoe McLean-Wells

The First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) ('FTT') has dismissed an application for a Remediation Order ('RO') pursuant to s123 of the...

4/3/2025 3:22:25 PM

Publication of new NHBC Housing Warranty Policies including changes in respect of insolvency cover

By Triya Maicha Philip Evans Ben Halsey

On 1 April 2025, the National Housebuilding Council (NHBC) published an updated version of its Buildmark and Buildmark Choice Housing...

3/31/2025 11:19:28 AM

Spring Statement - 2025

By Ben Halsey

The key announcements for the housing sector in the Chancellor's Spring Statement last week were as follows: 2bn grant...

3/26/2025 11:54:04 AM

5 key takeaways from Devonshires' Breakfast Briefing on the Commonhold White Paper

By Jonathan Corris Mark Foxcroft Ben Halsey

Earlier this week, we were pleased to hold a breakfast briefing on the Government’s Commonhold White Paper (CWP). The briefing...

3/25/2025 11:31:32 AM

Upper Tribunal varies flat leases enabling a Right to Manage company to recover costs of service charge enforcement

By Zoe McLean-Wells Mark Foxcroft

Under Part IV of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (the Act), a party to a long lease of a flat can apply to the First-Tier Tribunal...

3/13/2025 9:09:58 AM

Adverse Possession: 10 years immediately preceding or any 10 years?

By Zoe McLean-Wells Lucy Vannet

The Supreme Court recently published its landmark judgment in the case of Brown (Respondent) -v- Ridley and Another (Appellants) which...

3/5/2025 11:15:32 AM

The Crime and Policing Bill- what does it mean for housing providers?

By Victoria Smith

The Crime and Policing bill (‘the Bill’) was introduced to House of Commons and had its first reading on 25 February 2025. The second...

3/4/2025 11:10:30 AM

The Government has announced the beginning of the end of the ‘feudal’ leasehold system

By Zoe McLean-Wells Mark Foxcroft Shannon Morrison

On 3 March 2025, the Ministry of Housing published the Commonhold White Paper which seeks to make landmark reforms on the leasehold...

3/3/2025 8:43:32 AM

Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 - Sections affecting Right to Manage come into force today

By Zoe McLean-Wells Mark Foxcroft

Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 sections in relation to the Right to Manage to come into force today (3 March 2025) On the 6...

2/26/2025 5:09:45 PM

Government Responds to the Phase 2 Grenfell Inquiry Report

By Mark London

On 26 February 2025, in a Ministerial statement in the House of Commons, Angela Rayner commented on the Phase 2 report and noted that the...

2/25/2025 1:18:20 PM

The one about the Moths, the Mansion, and Misrepresentation - Iva Patarkatsishvili & Yevhen Hunyak v William Woodward-Fisher [2025] EWHC 265 (Ch)

By Ben Halsey Stavrina Tofallis

Judgment has now been handed down by the High Court in the above case: Judiciary.uk Aside from representing a unique opportunity for...

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