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NLJ this week: Hollow victory in Tower Hamlets housing dispute

05 August 2022
Issue: 7990 / Categories: Legal News , Property , Costs
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Falcon Chambers’ Fern Schofield and Anthony Tanney look at what turned into a hollow victory in the Court of Appeal, in this week’s NLJ

The case concerned a long residential lease on a flat in east London. The parties were successful but out of pocket. Schofield and Tanney report on what became a ‘somewhat extraordinary’ Court of Appeal decision, Tower Hamlets v Khan, and look at the ramifications for practitioners working in this area of law.

Issue: 7990 / Categories: Legal News , Property , Costs
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