RED Alert – Spring 2018

Welcome to Taylor Wessing's Spring 2018 update from the Real Estate Disputes Group, summarising the latest legal developments.

Prohibition on keeping pets in a leasehold property: Leaseholders in the doghouse!! Victory Place Management Company Limited v Florian Gunter Kuehn and Gabrielle Maria Kuehn [2018] EWHC 132 (Ch)

Lease interpretation: you're in my (air)spaceRalph Kline Limited v Metropolitan and County Holdings Limited [2018] EWCH 64 (Ch)

Break notices: mind the (registration) gap...Sackville UK Property Select II (GP) No 1 Ltd and another v Robertson Taylor Insurance Brokers Ltd and another [2018] EWHC 122 (Ch)

Top tips: understanding the new Electronic Communications Code

Important appeal updates:Refusals of new business tenancies for "artificial" redevelopments - S Franses Ltd v The Cavendish Hotel (London) Ltd [2017] EWHC 1670Breach of trust and fraudulent sales: Dreamvar (UK) Ltd v Mishcon de Reya [2016] EWHC 3316 (Ch)