Residential Tenancies - The Key Issues for Conveyancers

Introduction

It may be your practice includes advice on residential tenancies, or this may be an area of the law you rarely come across. Either way the rules are and have been changing so you need to be aware of the potential for disputes and important case law.

There are many pitfalls in this complex topic and familiarising yourself with an overview of what is involved may avoid problems later.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022. The dangers of escalating ground rents and unfair lease terms entered into before the Act. UKF Handbook and your liability
• The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 - Lease extensions and reforms
• The Renters' Rights Bill - changes to consider
• A review of fire safety requirements, including fire alarms - post Grenfell - The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022. The Building Safety Act 2022
• Can a Right to Manage Company forfeit a lease?
• Consent of the freeholder for a tenant to apply for planning permission to convert from commercial to residential use
• Service charges and disputes - Problems with interim maintenance charge demands
• Liability for the cost of heating on two adjoining estates - Reselling water to tenants at a premium
• When is a flat not a flat?
• The ‘Tate Peeping Case’ - Fearn v Tate Gallery [2023]
• Licence for alterations and breach of covenant
• Airbnb and similar short term lets - breach of lease covenant?
• ‘No Dogs’ - is that use restriction enforceable?

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Monday 22nd September 2025

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