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Higher Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) targets for private rented property were going to come into force in 2025 for new tenancies and 2028 for existing tenancies.

The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill was introduced in Parliament on 9 November 2021, together with a new Code of Practice for commercial property relationships following the pandemic.

Elaine Dobson, partner at Bircham Dyson Bell LLP believes that the Greater London Authority's review of residential leasehold service charges could be seen to be a waste of tax payers' money as legislation is in place to protect tenants and landlords.

Making sure that commercial properties are let and managed in an environmentally sustainable way is increasingly in focus. Landlords may want to attract tenants to more efficient and sustainable...

However, where commercial tenants experiencing cash-flow crises due to the COVID-19 pandemic have been constrained to stop paying rent and are racing to restructure their debts the High Court squarely confronted that issue in another guideline case.

High street landlords who are losing out on rents due to increased retailer insolvencies, are being urged by Jonathan Fewster, senior associate at Bircham Dyson Bell LLP to work with tenants to provide flexibility within leases in order to save the British high street.

We are delighted to introduce our new podcast series, Home Truths: The Housing Law Podcast by 42BR Barristers. Are you wondering how Housing Law is going to change when the Renters' Rights Bill becomes law?

From 2009, you may recall the English case of the landowner who obtained planning permission in March 2000 to erect what was described as a hay barn. One of the conditions attached to the permission was that the building could only be used for the storage of hay, straw or other agricultural products.

If you have diversified your farm income by converting any of your outbuildings for commercial rent, are you aware that new minimum energy efficiency standards announced last year came into force in April 2018?

In an economic downturn, although entitled to exercise their right of forfeiture, landlords often prefer to keep the existing tenant in occupation, even if the existing tenant is not paying their rent, because the landlord’s liability for business rates for a vacant unit can be avoided.

The Home Office has issued a Code of Practice which offers guidance to landlords upon the implementation of the scheme.

With tenant insolvencies on the rise, the question of liability for rates of empty properties has become a matter of importance for the property industry and the differences in the position between Scotland and England has led to lobbying for reform.

Seaside property forms part of a diverse rental market for Landlords, as residential properties can be rented to long-term tenants and holidaymakers.

Today I want to talk about a number of changes in recent weeks to the Universal Credit system and how this may affect you as a landlord.

Partner Kavitha Rajah from J&P's Residential Conveyancing team addresses common misconceptions about property transactions and explains what really happens behind the scenes.

The Deregulation Act 2015 (the "Act") is an eclectic mix of legislative tinkering.

It will be a condition of virtually every tenant's break option in a Lease that the tenant has paid the rents reserved and demanded by the Lease up to the break date.