by Efosa Obaseki | Dec 30, 2025 | Property Law
The First-instance Tribunal (FiT) ruled on a specific Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) dispute, finding that the inclusion of a non-residential interest within a primarily residential property purchase qualified the entire acquisition for the lower, “mixed-use”...
by Efosa Obaseki | Dec 16, 2025 | Property Law
The High Court, in an insolvency case, was asked whether the administrators had an immediate and unencumbered right to possession of the properties.Facts:The administrators of Pocket Renting Ltd. (the company), which owns a portfolio of sixty-five residential...
by Efosa Obaseki | Dec 10, 2025 | Property Law
The Court of Appeal (CoA) clarified that a defaulting mortgagor cannot easily use Section 91 of the Law of Property Act (LPA) 1925 to wrest control of a property sale from court-appointed receivers, reinforcing that judicial intervention is warranted only in...
by Efosa Obaseki | Dec 3, 2025 | Property Law
The First-tier Tribunal (FTT) was asked whether an interference with a right of way, such as padlocked chains, breaks the continuous flow of the prescriptive period under the Prescription Act 1832.Facts:Mr. and Mrs. Irwin were joint registered proprietors of their...
by Efosa Obaseki | Nov 26, 2025 | Property Law
The Upper Tribunal (UT) addressed whether a tenant’s application challenging the reasonableness of a service charge could be heard by the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) when that charge was set as a fixed annual sum by the landlord.Facts:Mr. Barton is the tenant of a...
