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Property disputes update (England & Wales; Scotland): relief from forfeiture, defective premises remediation, Renting Homes (Wales) rent/EICR, airport protest injunctions, boundary agreements, CPRC minutes, leasehold proposals, real burdens and eviction

Published on: 16 October 2025

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Forfeiture

Relief from forfeiture and abuse of process (Mentmore Golf Investments v Gaymer)

In Mentmore Golf Investments v Gaymer [2025] EWHC 2604 (Ch), the Chancery Division determined an appeal by Mentmore Golf Investments (‘Investments’) against HHJ Murch’s decision striking out its mortgagee’s claim for relief from forfeiture of the lease of Mentmore Golf Course, where the respondent, Mr Gaymer, was the freeholder and landlord. The forfeited leasehold interest belonged to Mentmore Greenland Ltd (‘Greenland’). The application for relief was issued after a possession order had been granted, yet before enforcement. As its primary ground of appeal, Investments maintained that the judge was wrong to find the claim was bound to fail on the basis that, once the possession order was executed, the landlord would no longer be proceeding with forfeiture and a claim for relief could not thereafter be pursued...

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