12/5/2018 12:00:00 AM Immersive Reality: the future of Retail and Leisure? By Howard Kennedy The decline of the High Street has been the focus of much media attention in 2018, with commentators focusing on the impact of online...
11/7/2018 12:00:00 AM Will landlords be paying their way on energy efficiency improvements to residential properties? By Sharon Stark Under the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (MEES Regulations), since 1 April 2018,...
11/5/2018 12:00:00 AM The sky's the permitted development limit By Howard Kennedy As a firm we have been working on an increasing number of rooftop developments and while planning permission is only one of the issues...
10/23/2018 12:00:00 AM Zip Down.... By Howard Kennedy The launch of this no-frills concept with pod-style rooms is another example of how established brands have to re-invent themselves to...
10/18/2018 12:00:00 AM The landlord's choice: commercial rent arrears recovery mechanism or forfeiture? By Sharon Stark The commercial rent arrears recovery procedure, abbreviated as CRAR abolished the common law remedy of distress. Briefly put, CRAR...
10/3/2018 12:00:00 AM The arc of the restrictive covenant By Howard Kennedy I am acting for a number of clients who own land affected by dynastic covenants imposed over 100 years ago to preserve a degree of...
9/26/2018 12:00:00 AM Backpacking and Beyond.... By Howard Kennedy With investment in hotels and student housing becoming more mainstream in recent years, hostels are increasingly becoming an alternative...
9/20/2018 12:00:00 AM Extension of HMO mandatory licensing requirements cometh By Sharon Stark An article in the Evening Standard of 18 September 2018 reported on the conviction of landlords letting out rooms to multiple tenants in...
8/28/2018 12:00:00 AM Another week, another CVA.... By Vanessa Laundon As yet another major retailer launches a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), it may not just be landlords who are feeling hard done by....
7/24/2018 12:00:00 AM Government has issued draft bill on Overseas Entities registration and is inviting consultation By Howard Kennedy The Government is pressing ahead with its plans to establish a new beneficial ownership register of property ownership by overseas...
7/19/2018 12:00:00 AM Leasehold law set for radical reform By Howard Kennedy The Law Commission announced today that it intends to publish a consultation paper on enfranchisement in September 2018, following which...
7/18/2018 12:00:00 AM The law of unintended consequences By Howard Kennedy It is Economics 101 - if supply falls while demand remains the same then price will increase. So the pressure on buy to let landlords is...