24th March 2020
Business rates relief and other rates related measures – COVID-19
As a result of COVID-19, the Government has set out a package of measures to assist businesses through the disruption. This note concentrates on the business rates relief…
18th March 2020
Coronavirus – Advice for Landlords and Tenants of Commercial Property
We are in uncharted territory at the moment, but the advice to landlords and tenants alike must be to try and be as prepared as possible for further…
1st April 2019
Further duties on property agents as from 1 April 2019
From 1st April 2019, all property agents holding client money must be a registered member of an approved or designated client money protection scheme (CMPS) and must: display…
20th March 2019
Court of Appeal Strike Out Claims by Local Authorities Against Property Owners Using Business Rates Avoidance Schemes
Property owners with vacant premises will be interested in the recent Court of Appeal decision in Rossendale Borough Council v Hurstwood Properties (A) Ltd and others [2019] EWCA Civ…
13th July 2018
Tenant Fees Ban Update
What is it for? The Tenant Fees Bill (the ‘Bill’) is aimed at banning fees or other charges paid by tenants in England and applies to both landlords…
6th April 2018
Plans for mandatory code of practice for letting and managing agents
Plans to introduce a mandatory code of practice for letting and managing agents have been announced by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). The MHCLG…
20th March 2017
Business Rates Revaluation
If a landlord wishes to oppose the renewal of a business tenancy on the basis of one of the “no fault” grounds under section 30 of the Landlord…
Right to Rent – Discrimination
According to a report by the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) the requirement for landlords to carry out checks on adult tenants and occupiers (as…
20th January 2017
Property Litigation – Wells v Devani 2016
In the case of Wells v Devani 2016 – the Court was asked to consider whether a verbal agreement amounted to a legally binding contract and therefore one…
1st August 2016
Residential Landlord update
On 12 May 2016 the Housing and Planning Act 2016 received royal assent, this act brings in a number of changes to the private residential letting sector, aimed…