I will be speaking at the ALEP Spring Conference at the Royal Institution on 24th March 2015 on the topic of ‘The Middleman’s Tale’ with Jennifer Ellis of Langley Taylor. We will be discussing the position of intermediate landlords and in particular the position following the Howard De Walden v Stella Kateb and Accordway [2014] UKUT 0486 (LC) decision. The full decision appears at: http://www.landstribunal.gov.uk/judgmentfiles/j1084/LRA-150-2013.pdf

The position promises to get more interesting now that the intermediate landlord in this case has sought leave to appeal the decision of the Upper Tribunal to the Court of Appeal.