4/15/2026 3:11:37 PM ACVs get teeth By Bob Sadler Assets of Community Value (ACV) are currently a largely toothless regime which give the community a right to bid for an asset. The bid...
4/1/2026 11:32:06 AM Right to Manage – What is "significant interruption" to services under the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002? By Jenna Russell Rob Boucher The Upper Tribunal has handed down its decision in a new RTM claim, which offers insight into what constitutes services and "significant...
1/28/2026 8:42:52 AM Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill - The next round of leasehold reform By Rob Boucher On 27 January 2026 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published the long-awaited draft Commonhold and Leasehold...
1/19/2026 3:35:13 PM Residential PEEPs: Understanding the Fire Safety Regulations By Matthew Davies The fire safety landscape for residential buildings in England is undergoing significant change, with new legal duties soon to be placed...
10/28/2025 11:53:56 AM Managing HRBs: Theory Vs Reality By Bhavini Patel Matthew Davies Many thanks for attending our recent panel event organised by the Building Safety Group of Howard Kennedy LLP on 7 October 2025:...
5/15/2025 4:27:53 PM The ability to view a S106 agreement By Bob Sadler The recent court of appeal decision in R. (on the application of Greenfields (IOW) Ltd) v Isle of Wight Council [2025] EWCA Civ 488 (IOW)...
3/17/2025 4:31:10 PM Weather can't dampen cautious optimism for UK real estate at MIPIM 2025 By Jason Tann I don't know if the weather was behind it, continuing geopolitical turbulence or other factors but MIPIM 2025 seemed a bit more focused...
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...
7/10/2024 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]....
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...
1/24/2024 3:34:34 PM Building Blocks: the "silent trigger" for landlord certificates By Jenna Russell Pursuant to the Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections) (England) Regulations 2022 (the "Regulations"), landlords are required to...