A new lease of life: residential leasehold and commonhold reform
The Law Commission’s Professor Nick Hopkins, Oliver Hutchings and Penny Tridimas outline the commission’s proposals for reform of residential home ownership
Managing client expectations around the stamp duty holiday deadline
The SDLT holiday has boosted the housing market, but increased pressure on solicitors to complete transactions before the deadline in March 2021. Peter Rodd and Sarah Dwight share advice on what you can do now to manage clients’ expectations
Friends with benefits? Identifying beneficial owners in complex structures
Kate Andrews considers a High Court case which involved identifying the beneficial owner of a property, so that a judgment debt could be enforced.
Rent concessions during the pandemic: considerations for commercial landlords
Following the government’s ban on evictions of commercial tenants during the pandemic, Peter Robinson looks at what commercial landlords should consider when making concessions on rent and service charge
Rights of entry – or to a quiet life?
Edward Francis reviews a Court of Appeal case which re-examined the rules governing landlords’ rights of entry
How’s it looking? Grounds for refusing planning consent
Good covenants make good neighbours – objecting to landlord consent for another flat’s alterations
Court of Appeal overlooks the case of Fearn & Others
Do landlords exercising Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery waive their right to forfeit?
Licence to drain: Supreme Court grants relief from forfeiture to licensee
