Real Estate & Property Law

An Anti-Smoking Regulation I Can Support
Already barred from lighting up in restaurants, theaters and the office, Californians may also be banned from smoking in their apartments under a proposal passed by the state Senate on Thursday...

The End of a Franchise
What happens when a franchisee's term ends? And the franchisor decides not to offer a renewal of the franchise on the then current terms in order to resell the location? This is a problem that the Australian Government is dealing with...

Leased plant and machinery
HMRC has been spending a bit of time drafting laws to prevent people avoiding tax on “mismatched chains of leases” and on leases granted at a premium.  They have published a Technical Note with draft legislation to be included in the Finance Bill 2008, that affects: 1...

New program helps manufactured homeowners and landlords resolve disputes
A new state government program is helping resolve disputes between manufactured home owners and their landlords. ... Homeowners, landlords and property managers can learn more by attending one of our free ?Don?t Move It; Solve It? public forums...

NLA / NFRL merger challenge
The big news in landlord world at the moment is the recent announcement of the merger of the two big landlords associations, the National Landlords Association (NLA) and the National Federation of Residential Landlords (NFRL)...

Tenancy Deposit Protection Schemes - news and views
I have seen several news items on the internet recently (eg here) quoting a report from the My Deposits tenancy deposit scheme, which apparently says (I have not been able to find the original report) that tenants are losing out, as 12% of claims are lost by tenants not properly following the terms of their tenancy agreement...