On 17 January 2024 further provisions under Part 4 of the Building Safety Act 2022 ("BSA") came into force. These sections extend the...

Something old - what is a rentcharge? A rentcharge is an annual or periodic sum charged on and burdening freehold land which requires the...

After much speculation and commentary, the Renters Rights Bill ("the Bill"), has now been progressed by the Labour government, with its...

We are living in a quickly evolving letting world, both for residential and commercial premises.   There seems to be an issue...

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...

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...

Judgment has recently been handed down in The Tropical Zoo Ltd -v- The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Hounslow [2024]....

Jonathan Cohen, Partner and Head of Energy, was a guest on the ESG in Property Podcast on an episode called Energising Real Estate:...

Companies House has recently published guidance on how to apply to remove an Overseas Entity (OE) from the Overseas Entity Register at...

The current 4-year planning enforcement rule is changing to 10 years from the 25 April 2024 pursuant to s115 of the Levelling Up and...

The government has set out the amendments to Approved Document B (Fire Safety) which accompanies the building regulations.  The...

The High Court has recently handed down Judgment in a case which will be of particular interest to residential landlords of assured...