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Various measures to toughen UK data protection enforcement have been in the pipeline for some time. Recent statements by the the Ministry of Justice indicate that certain of these could be brought into force as soon as next "red tape day", i.e. 6 April 2010.

On 1 May 2012, Royal Assent was given to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill. For the first time it will be a criminal offence to squat in a residential property.

It is typical to see clauses in standard consultancy agreements obliging the consultant to provide information (usually documents) to a client or to assist the client in handing-over a property to a tenant or in resolving disputes arising on the project.

Any property might have chancel repair liability attached to it. Such liability can often be onerous and will affect the owner and any mortgagor of the property.

Further to our law-now on this subject issued on 20 June 2007, the DTI has clarified that the proposal to align the format and content of the Payment Notice and the Withholding Notice (contained within Chapter 2.3 of the Consultation Document) is in order to avoid the unnecessary issue of two notices when one (covering both payment and withholding) should be sufficient under the Construction Act.

"It is only too easy in a complex case for a party to comb through the adjudicator’s reasons and identify points upon which to present a challenge under the labels "excess of jurisdiction" or "breach of natural justice".

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is consulting on its draft Annual Plan for 2006/7, in which it confirms its renewed interest in the construction area.

How should a demand for the payment of rent be sent?

If a customer trips over in a shopping centre mall, who is potentially liable? The answer is both the landlord and any tenant who has contributed to the accident.

We reported in June last year on the challenge brought by landlords to the terms of a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) which had been making headlines in the property press.

Where premises are let partly for residential and partly for business purposes and the tenant resides in the residential part the landlord will not be entitled to evict the tenant from the premises (including the commercial part) unless he complies with Section 2 of the Eviction Act 1977 - i.e. the more stringent requirements for re-entry of residential premises apply to the commercial premises too.

For all commercial businesses one of their main liabilities will relate to the properties that they occupy for the purposes of their business; whether owned outright or occupied under a lease.

The government has published the regulations that will govern the application of the Community Infrastructure Levy.

The first draft of the RICS Residential Policy was published on 21 May 2012 following consultation with its members across all parts of the residential property sector.

At the end of last week the Second Edition of the Guide for Landlords and Tenants relating to the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme was published by the working party set up by the BPF, IPF, BCSC and others.

In times of economic difficulty, as a former tenant of property you may find yourself served with a notice relating to your old premises and being told that you remain liable for the rents and other tenant liabilities under the lease.

Please find attached some Q & As that we have produced following the recent publication of the draft legislation on the introduction of the REIT from 1 January 2007 and the seminar that the Revenue ran on the proposals.

The period for responses to the latest government paper on UK REITs has expired.