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Landlord required to return £100,000s of insurance commissions
United Kingdom - June 24 2025 In the recent case of London Trocadero v Picturehouse Cinemas [2025] EWHC 1247 (Ch), the landlord was ordered to repay c.£700,000 in respect of…
Tribunal discharges 'obsolete' restrictive covenant affecting land despite strong opposition
United Kingdom - May 7 2025 A brief overview of a recent case in which a restrictive covenant was discharged by the Upper Tribunal because the benefit it secured was personal to…
Round-up of recent 1954 Act case law
United Kingdom - April 4 2025 On 19 November 2024, the Law Commission began consulting on its proposals for reform of the security of tenure provisions in the Landlord and Tenant…
Register of Overseas Entities - one month since the deadline and thousands still face penalties from failure to register
United Kingdom - March 6 2023 The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 ("the Act") enacted in March 2022 brought into force the register of overseas entities on 1…
New building safety requirements
United Kingdom - February 16 2023 The Building Safety Act 2022 (the Act) is the central plank in the government’s response to the Grenfell Tower disaster. The Act was enacted with the…
Cladding and Valuation: Important RICS guidance under consultation until 31 October 2022 - have your say!
United Kingdom - October 20 2022 The consultation is part of RICS' plan to introduce a new professional standard for valuing properties in multi-storey, multi-occupancy residential…
Register of Overseas Entities - Register now to keep transactions running smoothly
United Kingdom - September 7 2022 The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 ("the Act") has been enacted as part of the Government's drive to increase transparency in…
Business Rates - An unpopular tax imposed in unfortunate circumstances
United Kingdom - December 6 2021 It is almost trite to say that retailers have had a tricky time over the last 20 months. The combination of enforced closures, and more recent supply…
The risks of going large (again)
United Kingdom - January 21 2021 In our July 2020 article , we looked at the case of Hart and Hart v Large, which concerned a survey undertaken by Mr Large for the Harts…
Business rates reform - response to Covid-19 and the 2020 outlook
United Kingdom - April 2 2020 This year's budget, announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak on 11 March, attracted particularly high levels of attention from the media and business…
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