The recent case of Lacy v Homeselect Finance [2023] UKUT 231 (LC) considered a number of historic service charge issues between a long-leaseholder and a freeholder of a flat in Torquay. A particular point of note is the decision regarding admissions and estoppel.

The recent case of Teasdale v Carter & Teasdale [2023] EWHC 490 (Fam) provides a helpful reminder of the principles to be applied in a financial remedies hearing when a third party is joined in order for them to argue an interest in the family pot.

A frequent problem encountered by homeowners when they seek to structurally change their property is restrictive covenants. Whilst they will have permitted development rights and even planning permission to build, for example, a single storey extension; if there is a restrictive covenant on their title preventing this, then on the face of it their build should not go ahead.

Matthew Smith discusses the recent appeal in Rowlands v Bishop [2023] UKUT 102 (LC).

Matthew Smith discusses the legal issues surrounding telephone call recordings and data protection in the context of the inception of credit hire agreements.