3,404 results found

From 6 April 2007 a landlord will not be able to take a deposit from a residential tenant unless it complies with the government’s new Tenancy Deposit Scheme.

Business tenants have the protection of security of tenure. When their business tenancy ends they are generally entitled to a protected renewal tenancy at an open market rent.

1 December 2008 sees the fifth anniversary of the introduction of the Stamp Duty Land Tax (“SDLT”) regime.

Previously, we reported on the first consultation paper that the Law Commission published in November 2024. The consultation paper was part of the proposed reform to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (“1954 Act”).

The recent case of Flanders Community Centre Limited v Newham London Borough Council has provided us all with a dramatic reminder of how important the role of the expert witness is at trial.

Andrew Bond discusses how RPs may wish to use the forthcoming consultation on service charge accounts to review their existing practice.

Marcus Wright has joined Shepherd and Wedderburn as a Partner in the firm's English Real Estate team.

One of the recommendations made by the Agricultural Holdings Legislation Review Group in 2015 was that tenants of secure 1991 Act...

As part of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 a new law passed on the 1 May 2012 will make it a criminal offence to squat in a residential building.

Do you manage a team of people? Have you picked up on some of the changes in behaviour in your team over the last year? Rachel Stone, who leads Smith & Williamson’s People Management team, reflects on some of the people issues facing managers in such demanding times.

The government is looking to implement further provisions of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 later this year. What will this mean for landlords of residential assets and those who reside in them?

The UK Government has announced plans to introduce a substantially amended Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill in Autumn 2026, incorporating recommendations from the Housing Select Committee that could accelerate major changes to residential property ownership. Key proposals include reducing ground rent caps from £250 to nil after just 20 years, mandating automatic conversion to commonhold after collective enfranchisement, and establishing an independent regulator for property managing agents with enf

The recession has seen an increase in the number of lease surrenders. As ever, it is important that landlords and tenants are aware of the implications of entering into such a transaction.

The recent Court of Appeal decision of Charalambous and another v NG and another [2014] EWCA Civ 1604 has taken this point further and will come as unwelcome news for a number of residential landlords.

The Tenant Fees Act 2019 ("the Act") was introduced to restrict the amount and type of payments that can be paid by a tenant to a landlord or an agent acting for a landlord under an assured shorthold tenancy.

If your business is expanding, you may well need additional space.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham first committed to leasehold reform in his first appearance at the Commons despatch box as Prime Minister. He promised to “reform this unfair system”, framing it as a cost-of-living issue, and saying he was looking at “where people face unfair charges that they can’t avoid”