Articles

On 28 June 2024, the Court of Appeal handed down Judgment in Houssein & Ors v London Credit Limited & Anr [2024] EWCA Civ 721, an appeal concerning penalties, the interpretation of a facility letter, and costs orders following trial. Gary Cowen KC and Edward Blakeney, with Alexander Hutton KC, instructed by Hugh Cartwright & Amin, acted for the successful Appellants.

• Gary Cowen KC
• Edward Blakeney

Ashpen Rajah considers the recent decision of the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) in Lehner v Lant Street Management Co Ltd [2024] UKUT 135 (LC) in relation to the service charge provisions under Schedule 8 of the Building Safety Act 2022.

• Ashpen Rajah

Stephen Jourdan KC, Cecily Crampin, and Taylor Briggs look at the recent Celestial Aviation decision on section 44 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018

• Stephen Jourdan KC
• Cecily Crampin
• Taylor Briggs

The Building Safety Act 2022 has reconstructed the law on fire safety and structural issues for higher blocks of residential flats. A group of Falcon Chambers barristers have studied the Act, analysed how it has been interpreted in courts and tribunals thus far, and have first-hand experience of BSA cases. In this series of articles Paul Letman, Catherine Taskis KC, Cecily Crampin, Camilla Chorfi, Julia Petrenko, Edward Blakeney, Daniel Black, Kavish Shah, Ashpen Rajah and Richard Miller set out key issues of which property law practitioners should be aware under the BSA 2022.

• Paul Letman

In this series of articles, we aim to highlight 3 of the most interesting cases in our field decided in the past month. This month: misrepresentations and the 1954 Act; permission to appeal against an arbitrator’s award; and the ‘but-for’ causation test.