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Specialist property debt collection firm, Realty Law Limited, has announced the expansion of its Birmingham-based team with the appointment of eight new staff. The new hires are led by senior residential property litigator Liz Rowen, a former partner of law firm Keebles, that was recently acquired by Knights. She is joined by former Knights colleagues,…

Birmingham’s Realty Law has hired an experienced litigator to lead its commercial property debt collection practice. Darren Clegg, who is tasked with developing the firm’s portfolio of regional and national clients, has specialised in commercial and residential property dispute resolution for almost 25 years. He has previously worked at Shakespeare Martineau and Gowling WLG. Clegg…

We understand the current unexpected pandemic has affected many aspects of people’s lives, that’s why here at Realty Law we have ensured we have planned to adapt to the on going changes to continue to provide our best service. Our professional team of experts are at current working remotely making use of our highly effective…

The issue of “appurtenant land” continues to cause complications with RTM blocks, as was shown in the recent Upper Tribunal decision of Firstport Property Services Limited v Settlers Court RTM Company Limited and Others [2019] UKUT 243 (LC). The Upper Tribunal in Firstport determined that estate service charges were not payable to Firstport from one…

The Upper Tribunal’s recent decision in the matter of Camden LBC v Morath and others [2019] UKUT 293 (LC) highlights the good sense of striving to agree variations to old leases, and the risk of relying on the Tribunal to remedy imperfect historical leases.   In Morath, the UT considered an appeal from Camden LBC after…

The recent Upper Tribunal decision in Westlake [2019] UKUT 225 (LC) emphasises the importance in ensuring that service charge notices are correctly drafted and served. Whilst in this case the UT found in favour of the landlord, the UT stressed that where there could be any potential confusion as to the name and address of…