12/19/2024 9:53:42 AM All change: Higher Risk Buildings and the Duty Holder Regime! By Bhavini Patel On 17 January 2024 further provisions under Part 4 of the Building Safety Act 2022 ("BSA") came into force. These sections extend the...
11/19/2024 3:07:13 PM The HRB Regime: Industry Impact By Lucy Moon A recent question put to the Ministry for Housing, Communities, and Local Government ("MHCLG") has shed light on the practicalities of...
11/5/2024 12:06:08 PM An LFRA Update: New Regulations introduce further amendments to the BSA By Lucy Moon On 7 October 2024 the Government made the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (Commencement No 1) Regulations 2024 (SI/2024/1018) (the...
10/8/2024 9:47:48 AM Something old, something new: what is the new regulated rentcharge? By Sharon Stark Something old - what is a rentcharge? A rentcharge is an annual or periodic sum charged on and burdening freehold land which requires the...
10/1/2024 9:51:06 AM Renters Rights Bill – what does this really mean for Landlords? By Jenna Russell After much speculation and commentary, the Renters Rights Bill ("the Bill"), has now been progressed by the Labour government, with its...
7/29/2024 3:06:26 PM Is your "tenant" who they say they are? Or are your premises at risk? By Jenna Russell We are living in a quickly evolving letting world, both for residential and commercial premises. There seems to be an issue...
7/25/2024 2:31:56 PM TCC Declines to Order Injunction in Multiple Adjudications By Sean Gamble BECK Interiors Ltd v Eros Ltd [2024] EWHC (TCC), 28 June 2024 Howard Kennedy LLP has acted (with senior counsel, Mr Andrew Singer KC and...
7/24/2024 3:46:12 PM LAFRA x BSA: the silver lining RMCs and RTMs have been waiting for By Bhavini Patel The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (LAFRA) received Royal Assent on 24 May 2024 as part of the "wash up" ahead of the general...
7/10/2024 1:42:38 PM Who is accepting rent and when could this constitute a Waiver? By Jenna Russell Judgment has recently been handed down in The Tropical Zoo Ltd -v- The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Hounslow [2024]....
6/11/2024 2:05:14 PM PODCAST: ESG in Property By Howard Kennedy Jonathan Cohen, Partner and Head of Energy, was a guest on the ESG in Property Podcast on an episode called Energising Real Estate:...
5/30/2024 1:14:28 PM Vista Tower: Secretary of State v Grey GR Limited Partnership By Najma Dunnett This case concerns an application to the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities...
5/7/2024 4:33:28 PM Removal of an Overseas Entity from the OE Register at Companies House By Katherine Miller Companies House has recently published guidance on how to apply to remove an Overseas Entity (OE) from the Overseas Entity Register at...