The ancient common law right of distress for rent has now been abolished and replaced by a new statutory procedure known as Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery.

Earlier this summer, an important judgment concerning the security of tenure provisions of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ("the 1954 Act")...

We already reported a marked cooling in the volume of residential property transactions prior to the referendum.

Local authorities are now designating certain districts as selective licensing areas, thereby requiring private residential landlords to obtain a licence permitting them to rent out their properties in the designated area.

Unfortunately an increasing number of homeowners are finding that they are victims of property fraud.

We have not been surprised to witness a significant slowdown in the housing market following the buy-to-let rush to complete on transactions before the 31 March deadline on stamp duty rises for second homes.

It is common for leases to require a tenant to obtain landlord's consent to an assignment, and to provide that the consent cannot to be unreasonably withheld.

On 19 March, the cameras gathered outside 11 Downing Street as George Osborne raised his red briefcase.

HMRC's new online Trusts Registration Service (TRS) was launched in July 2017. This new online facility was introduced partly to implement new regulations relating to the UK's anti-money laundering ...

The UK Government is committed to becoming a world leader in the development of automated vehicles.

We are hearing more and more of employees who are dismissed from their employment because of private postings made on their own social media sites.

A great deal of the comment on this case, which is summarised in Jonathan Haydn Williams' note, has not taken into account that it is a typical judicial review, in which the claimants maintain...

Tom Pemberton considers a couple of the key changes to the terms of trade between the EU and the UK under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement...

Most commercial leases contain a requirement for the tenant to pay the annual rent by equal quarterly payments in advance.

The legislation governing the requisite changes to our procurement regime is The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.)(EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (the "Exit Regs"). Further amendments...

Following Prime Minister Theresa May's announcement that there would be a snap general election...

Question: what is the extent of solicitors' duty of disclosure, and in particular is there a duty to disclose information gained from acting for one client to another?

Rugby World Cup fever is well upon us, with record attendances, the odd upset (South Africa v Japan) and the old rivalries (England v Wales) adding to the excitement.

A business tenant with the benefit of a lease which has security of tenure is automatically entitled to renew after the expiry of its contractual term.

Goodman Derrick's construction group has successfully acted for a party in an enforcement action in the Technology and Construction Court.