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Edwin Johnson J has handed down judgment in Valley View v NHS Property Services Ltd [2022] EWHC 1393. Jonathan Gaunt QC, Nathaniel Duckworth and Gavin Bennison acted for the successful landlord in these five ‘test cases’ which considered whether GP tenants are liable to pay service charges to their NHS landlord.

• Jonathan Gaunt KC
• Nathaniel Duckworth
• Gavin Bennison

Challenging a breathing space moratorium: West One Loan Limited v Salih

• Thomas Rothwell

The Building Safety Act 2022 came into force on 28 April 2022. Paul Letman and Cecily Crampin set out in detail what the different parts of the Act cover.

• Paul Letman
• Cecily Crampin

The recent High Court decision in Quay House Admirals Way Land Ltd and another v Rockwell Properties Ltd [2022] EWHC 545 (Ch) raises and answers interesting questions about interim remedies, good faith obligations, and the inherent jurisdiction of the Court to order the alteration of the register, all of which will be of interest to all property litigators.

• Greville Healey

Cecily Crampin and Thomas Rothwell consider the circumstances in which it is possible to obtain an order for possession forthwith by reference to the recent decision in Axnoller Events Ltd v Brake [2022] EWHC 459 (Ch)

• Cecily Crampin
• Thomas Rothwell