8/5/2025 11:46:06 AM Proposal to Outlaw Upwards Only Rent Reviews By Jamie Barden Dan Moan Ben Halsey On 10 July 2025, the Government introduced the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (the Bill). The purpose of the Bill is...
8/1/2025 1:54:28 PM Should I stay or should I go? The Law Commission (LC) is consulting on future of chancel repair liability By Marisa Lambkin Ben Halsey Let's go back to October 2013, when we all thought that chancel repair liability (CR) was going to be abolished. Deeply embedded in...
7/31/2025 12:49:43 PM Awaab's Law – a legislative update and, separately, recommendations for development transactions By Triya Maicha Baljit Basra Charlotte Sawyer Ben Halsey +1 more... Show less Background and Recent developments As readers will be aware, the introduction of Awaab's Law marks a significant shift in the...
7/28/2025 2:44:38 PM Investors, Insolvency and necessary Investigations - steps for landlords By Marisa Lambkin Ben Halsey First this year we had Quiz’s (second) round of calling in the administrators. Next, Poundland’s ironic asset sale for…£1. Now River...
7/23/2025 2:39:01 PM Guidance on Level of Detail for Gateway Applications By Mark London James King Following on from our earlier article regarding the publishing of new Construction Leadership Council guidance (“CLC”), this article...
7/23/2025 2:19:09 PM CLC Issues New Guidance to Tackle Gateway 2 Delays By Mark London Jonathan Corris Triya Maicha Following on swiftly from the recent Fast Track Process announcement, the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has released a suite of...
7/23/2025 1:20:00 PM Real Estate & Projects Newsletter & Vlog: July 2025 By David Bullock Ben Halsey We are delighted to present a very special edition of the Real Estate & Projects Newsletter and Vlog this month! As well as our usual...
7/17/2025 1:41:49 PM New Infrastructure Projects Pipeline Published By Caroline Mostowfi As promised in the Government's 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy, the pipeline for new infrastructure projects has now been published...
7/16/2025 8:00:31 AM Building Safety Levy Regulations Published By James King The Draft Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025 have now been published. Set to come into force on 1 October 2026, the draft...
7/10/2025 4:14:04 PM Law Commission’s review of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 in respect - business leases and security of tenure By Grant Duranti What’s this all about? The Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (aka the ‘54 Act) governs security of tenure for business premises. Specifically,...
7/10/2025 3:04:04 PM Recent Government announcements and consultations, including the launch of the rebranded £39 Billion Social and Affordable Homes Programme By Jonathan Corris Triya Maicha Jonathan Jarvis The UK Government has over the last couple of weeks made several significant announcements and published a number of consultations,...
7/7/2025 10:17:39 AM Safe as houses? Not anymore – the legal reality of modern property fraud By Nikki Bowker Fraudsters view properties as attractive assets to target and are increasingly exploiting system weaknesses and technological...