1/22/2025 12:29:27 PM UK Government announces the long-awaited 'Remediation Acceleration Plan' By Lucy Moon Overview The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government ("MHCLG") finally unveiled its "Remediation Acceleration Plan" (the...
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...
2/15/2024 2:05:03 PM Building Blocks: The Building Safety Levy By Emily Beauchamp Lucy Moon In November 2022 the Government launched a new consultation on the proposed Building Safety Levy (the "Levy") which ran until 7 February...
8/29/2023 4:03:01 PM Wedon'tWork: uncertainty for office landlords with WeWork as a tenant By Sharon Stark WeWork has announced that it has "substantial doubt" about its ability to continue as a going concern and Fitch Ratings has downgraded...
4/18/2023 11:39:09 AM Register of Higher-Risk Residential Buildings opens By Felistas Shade Mushayandebvu In our previous article (HSE-confirms-opening-of-registration-for-higher-risk-buildings) we discussed the requirement that the Principal...
3/27/2023 11:48:20 AM "Higher-Risk Buildings": an overview By Lucy Moon The Consultation The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) launched a consultation on 09 June 2022 on the...
3/21/2023 11:44:27 AM Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards: What is changing on 1 April 2023 for Commercial Landlords? By Olivia Regester The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards ("MEES") were introduced by the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales)...
12/13/2021 2:17:54 PM In with the old – Why London developers are eyeing ageing commercial property By Howard Kennedy As part of its pledge to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, the UK government introduced Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards...
3/24/2020 12:00:00 AM The Commercial Occupiers' perspective: Going ViREAL - Moratorium on Forfeiture until 30 June 2020 By Howard Kennedy On 23 March 2020 the UK Government announced extra protection for businesses with ban on forfeiture for commercial tenants who miss rent...
6/25/2019 12:00:00 AM Electronic Communications Code - no premium rate for landlords By Howard Kennedy The EG has published a summary discussion in the EG Studio between representatives of the property industry and the telecoms industry to...
5/22/2019 12:00:00 AM How to Excel at lease reviews - from page to spreadsheet By Howard Kennedy So what does an article on early spreadsheets have to do with legal real estate issues? The real estate lawyers equivalent of paper and...
5/5/2019 12:00:00 AM Can WeWork's meteoric rise continue? By Nicky Stewart In January, I posed the question whether the serviced office sector had overheated? Since then IWG has agreed to sell its Japanese...