Insolvent tenants can be a major headache for landlords. For example, when a corporate tenant goes into administration, the landlord needs to obtain the consent of the administrator, or of the court, to forfeit the lease. This is because administration is...
In the context of a dispute between parties to a building demolition contract, the High Court has ruled that an adjudicator was not entitled to change his mind after reaching a final decision and that, subject to further litigation or arbitration, the...
If you employ a nanny, gardener or other household staff, from April 2013 you are required to join the ‘real time information’ (RTI) scheme set up by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). At the same time, the simplified deduction scheme for PAYE will...
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have had a rethink as regards the law governing National Insurance Contributions (NICs) and announced that sleeping partners and inactive limited partners are liable to pay Class 2 NICs as self-employed earners and Class 4 NICs...
When two plots of land changed hands in 1989, the vendor would not have expected that more than 20 years later an argument would arise over its right to convey the land in question. When the vendor, an Isle of Man company, had sold a parcel of land in 1984,...
When demand for flats dried up for a property developer, it became unable to meet the required level of pre-sales on the development to secure continued financing for the project. It then suspended work on the commercial part of the development, which it had...
When a new executive fell out with the chief executive officer of the company he worked for, his employment was terminated without notice. In such circumstances, a breach of contract occurs. The executive’s contract of employment provided that should...
A recent tax decision could spell trouble for limited liability partnerships (LLPs). It involved an LLP which purchased and provided cars and fuel for the use of partners in the LLP. The partners were either directors in a company to which the LLP provided...
A landlord normally has a responsibility to a tenant for certain aspects of the safety of the let premises. Commonly, the terms of the lease specify that the landlord is responsible for the external and common areas of the building except for damage caused...
When a landlord failed to comply strictly with its obligations under a lease, it was left to count the cost of the failure. The landlord was required to insure the building it let out to four tenants and to hold the insurance in the joint names of itself...
