In light of the current Covid-19 restrictions, Land Registry have made a few temporary changes to some of their practices, procedures and policies. These are summarised below. Verification of identity Land Registry will not reject applications where...
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As of 24th April 2020, the government has introduced more measures to try and help commercial tenants who are struggling to meet their bills and rent due to the effect of coronavirus. There will be a temporary ban on the use of statutory...
As explained in our recent article on the restrictions on recovering possession of residential rental property during the current coronavirus pandemic, a new practice direction to the Civil Procedure Rules, Practice Direction 51Z, was introduced on 27 March...
With the impacts of the coronavirus outbreak continuing to ricochet through the economy, the process of buying and selling property has never been more stressful for buyers and sellers alike. Government advice so far has been to encourage the...
Whenever landlords take on new tenants or lodgers of residential property they must carry out the government’s ‘Right to Rent’ checks so as to ensure that all new occupants over 18 years old are able to legally rent in the UK. ...
As with residential tenancies, the arrival of Covid-19 has resulted in emergency legislation coming into force as regards commercial tenancies to try, in particular, to provide temporary protection for commercial tenants who find themselves unable to pay...
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Parliament passed the Coronavirus Act 2020 (the “Act”) on 25 March 2020. Among other things, the Act imposes restrictions, for a temporary period, on landlords’ ability to to recover possession of...
This is an interesting and useful decision on succession following the death of a tenant under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986. The facts are unusual in that the area of the holding is small (1.390 hectares), the applicant (Mrs Wright) was quite...
Recently a case before the High Court has, for the first time, lead to the consideration of the legal nature of fish stock upon the sale of land. In the case of Borwick Development Solutions Ltd v Clear Water Fisheries Ltd [2019] EWHC 2272 (Ch) the High...
Section 30(1)(f) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 has received a lot of commentary and attention over the past year following the Supreme Court’s decision in S Franses Ltd v Cavendish Hotel (London) Ltd [2018] UKSC 62. Part II of the...
In January 2019 the government consulted on how to improve their management of water in the environment. As part of the consultation they proposed changes to reform water abstraction licensing. In particular, they proposed changes to the conditions under...
The new Electronic Communications Code (the “Code”), which came into force in December 2017, is widely seen to favour the interests of operators over landowners, which is unsurprising given that the policy objective of the Code is to facilitate...
When negotiating a lease, its effect on competition may not be at the forefront of most landlords’ or tenants’ minds, but a case currently before the Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) serves as a reminder of the application of competition law to...
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has recently published its response to the government’s consultation last year on longer tenancies, and the proposals have sent shockwaves through the industry because of the...
Interfering with the flow of a stream can cause a nuisance if damage is suffered but the law of surface streams is not applicable to water percolating underground. Many old private water supply systems on farms benefit from underground water...
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