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Communities Secretary, Robert Jenrick, announced yesterday that legislation will be introduced in this parliamentary session to ringfence outstanding unpaid rent...

The Code of Practice for commercial property relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic (the Code), which was launched by the government in June 2020...

This article clarifies the law on the release of guarantors following the variation to a lease. Your tenant defaults

The Phase 2 Grenfell Tower Inquiry Report raises concerns for Registered Providers (RPs) regarding property security and fire safety. Funders are imposing stricter conditions on high-rise buildings, potentially limiting RPs' ability to leverage assets. RPs should review funding documentation and housing stock in anticipation of new regulations impacting higher-risk buildings (HRBs).

The evaluation shows how some of the recommendations have been implemented by landlords, shares practical examples of how improvements can be made and, also includes main areas where there are challenges.

The report sets out that the causes for repeated failings include an absence of records on properties, physical and mental health needs being missed...

We look at the impact of community-led housing group's policies on the covenants in its leases - the written obligations between landlord and tenant.

Labour's new government plans to address England's housing crisis by preserving green spaces, boosting affordable housing, tightening landlord regulations, and making homeownership more accessible, including potential reforms to Stamp Duty Land Tax.

The Land Registry’s strict and extensive rules on demise plans have long been known. However, whereas previously these rules only applied to new leases being granted for a term of 21 years or more, the Land Registration Act 2002 has changed this position.

A landmark decision has been reached in the case of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council v Armour the impact of a tenant's human rights on a possession claim for a property subject to an introductory tenancy.

The case of S. Franses v Cavendish Hotel (London) Limited [2017] involves a landlord attempting to regain possession of business premises protected under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ...

A keep open covenant requires a tenant to actively trade for the duration of its lease, but what is the landlord’s remedy if the tenant ceases to trade? In other words, do keep open covenants really work?

In The Trustees of the Eighth Earl Cadogan's 1961 Settlement Trust v. Neil Butler and Linsey Butler [2024] CSIH 22, the Inner House of the Court of Session upheld the Land Court's decision allowing Neil and Linsey Butler to erect a general-purpose agricultural building despite the landlord's objections. The Land Court ruled that the improvement was reasonable for efficient management of the farm, focusing on agricultural necessity rather than the tenant's dairying use. The appeal by the landlo

In 2024 we published a set of articles on the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill 2024 as introduced, highlighting the Scottish Government's proposals...

In a seminal ruling, the High Court in MVL Properties (2017) Ltd v The Leadmill Ltd [2025] EWHC 349 (Ch) upheld the landlord's right to reclaim one of Sheffield's...

Forfeiture may be about to be abolished and replaced by a statutory regime for the termination of tenancies. A simplified procedure for the termination of tenancies and a greater emphasis on negotiations are proposed in the draft bill published by the Law Commission on 31 October 2006.

The implementation of new legislation has imposed important obligations on landlords of residential property. Failure to comply with these requirements could have serious consequences.