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Latest Landlord and Tenant Digest from Piers Harrison and Daniel Dovar
21st April 2020
Legislation Coronavirus Possession proceedings: New PD51Z By way of Practice Direction 51Z, the Master of Rolls has...
Philip Rainey QC appears in another finely balanced case concerning restrictive covenants and lease extensions under the 1993 Act
20th April 2020
Philip Rainey QC has recently appeared for the Defendants in another interesting case under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and...
Michael Walsh obtains permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal in PD51Z case
16th April 2020
Michael Walsh (instructed by Collyer Bristow LLP) has successfully applied to the High Court for permission to appeal, and...
Staying put, or not?
15th April 2020
Civil Procedure Rules Practice Direction 51Z (“PD51Z”) made by the Master of the Rolls / Head of Civil Justice on...
Firm that missed email and released funds given all-clear by High Court
15th April 2020
Proceedings against a law firm which overlooked instructions sent to its ‘contact us’ email address and subsequently...
The Lockdown and Holiday Lets
14th April 2020
By Piers Harrison Intro There will have been many cottages lying empty over the Easter period. Many of them will have been...
Jonathan Upton successful in High Court appeal on the right to enfranchise under the 1967 Act
14th April 2020
In Freehold Properties 250 Ltd v Field and others [2020] EWHC 792 (Ch) (Marcus Smith J) the court considered: (i) whether a...
Does CRAR mean the right to forfeiture is waived? Commercial landlords should carefully consider their options…
9th April 2020
Case commentary: Brar v Thirunavukkrasu [2019] EWCA Civ 2032 The procedure by which a landlord may recover arrears of...
John Buck successfully appeared for the Metropolitan Police Commissioner in the Court of Appeal
3rd April 2020
John Buck appeared for the Metropolitan Police Commissioner in the Court of Appeal successfully resisting an appeal by...
Coronavirus – Implications for Real Estate Litigation
30th March 2020
This briefing document aims to provide an overview of the impact of the Coronavirus Act on real estate litigation; in...