Property Disputes weekly highlights—30 January 2025
This week's edition of Property Disputes weekly highlights includes: High Court decisions on a building safety risk that could lead to a ‘building liability order’ under the Building Safety Act 2022, boundaries and rights of way related to property gifted by will and determining the precise boundary line between leasehold properties, whether or not an implied term of good faith had been breached in the exercise of discretion to consent to asset disposals, forfeiture of a lease based on rent arrears, use and occupation and the terms of an informal agreement, and an Upper Tribunal decision on the reasonableness of service charges incurred following objections from the leaseholders regarding the work completed. It also includes the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (Commencement No 2 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 coming into force on 31 January 2025 and the HM Courts and Tribunals Service’s publication of updated guidance for the Damages Claims pilot scheme under CPR PD 51ZB.