Forfeiture 101: Revisiting how to forfeit residential and commercial property
Catch up on the recording of our latest business & property webinar, enclosed.
Published: 23rd Oct 2025
- Commercial landlord and tenant, including rent reviews, dilapidations, forfeiture and assignment of leases, and lease renewals
- Residential landlord and tenant, including leasehold enfranchisement and service charges
- Telecommunications law related to real property
- Options, Easements, restrictive covenants and proprietary estoppel
- Property finance, mortgages and consumer credit
- Property related insolvency and fraud
- Issues relating to title and the sale and registration of land
- Professional negligence: solicitors, valuers, agents
- Timeshare – advisory and contentious issues
Selected cases
- Geyfords Ltd v O’Sullivan [2015] UKUT 683 (LC);
- Garcha v Charity Commission for England and Wales [2015] W.T.L.R. 453
- Shellpoint Trustees Ltd v Barnett [2012] 3 E.G.L.R. 115
- Mohammadi v Shellpoint Trustees Ltd [2010] 1 All E.R. 433
- Beardsley Theobalds Retirement Benefit Scheme Trustees v Yardley [2011] EWHC 1380
- Trans-World Investments Ltd v Dadarwalla [2008] 1 P. & C.R. 18
- Sahota v Singh [2006] EWHC 344 (Ch)
- Mohammadi v Anston Investments Ltd [2004] H.L.R. 8
- Soteriou v Ultrachem Ltd [2004] I.R.L.R. 870
- Pratt v Medwin (2003-04) 6 I.T.E.L.R. 131
- H (A Child) v S (Damages) Court of Appeal [2003] Q.B. 965
- Straudley Investments Ltd v Mount Eden Land Ltd (No.1) (1997) 74 P. & C.R. 306
- Mallory v Butler [1991] 1 W.L.R. 458
Publications
- Recovery of legal costs as a service charge – what has changed since Arnold and Britton? L. & T. Review 2016,
- The purpose of the filter’ published by Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal
- The Financial Ombudsman Service – Timeshare related claims
- The First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber)
- Sub editor International Timesharing
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