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Featured
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PLA Post October 2025
27th Oct 2025
Your monthly round up of news, events, articles and podcastsRead article -
PLA Alan Langleben Memorial Blog Competition 2025
24th Oct 2025
PLA members and trainees, apprentices and paralegals are invited to enter this year's Alan Langleben Memorial Competition and prepare a blog not exceeding 500 words.Read article -
Estates Gazette: A relationships industry
30th Sep 2025
Real estate is, at its heart, a relationships industry — and that won’t change, even in an era of AI and remote work. In this article, Property Litigation Association Chair, Rebecca Campbell, makes a powerful point: as technology advances, the need to foster genuine human connections becomes even more critical and never more so than for those just starting out in their careers.Read article
Counsel on the Couch
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Counsel on the Couch Episode 3: Tom Weekes KC
08th Mar 2024
Tom Weekes KC discusses Fearn and others v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery [2023] UKSC 4 with Isobel Emerson-Lich from the PLA Website & Marketing CommitteeRead article -
Counsel on the Couch Episode 2: Joanne Wicks QC of Wilberforce Chambers
14th Mar 2022
Joanne Wicks QC (Wilberforce Chambers) chats with The Property Litigation Association about the Supreme Court's decision in Duval v 11-13 Randolph CrescentRead article -
Counsel on the Couch Live: A briefing on the COVID rent cases
07th May 2021
A webinar with Guy Fetherstonhaugh QC, Gary Cowen QC and Elizabeth Fitzgerald (Falcon Chambers) discussing two much anticipated High Court decisions, the first decisions of the pandemic dealing with commercial rent claims when businesses have been shut due to COVID-19 issues.Read article
Speakers' Corner
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Cracking down on landlords' insurance commission - Benjamin Faulkner, Wilberforce Chambers
14th Jul 2025
Benjamin Faulkner of Wilberforce Chambers explains the position for recharging landlords' insurance commission to tenants in the case of London Trocadero (2015) LLP v Picturehouse Cinemas LimitedRead article -
Construction of a Right of Way - Andrew Skelly, Gatehouse Chambers
25th Sep 2023
The judgment in the recent Bucknell v Alchemy Estates case provides convenient guidance as to the determination of the extent of expressly granted rights of way. Andrew Skelly, Gatehouse Chambers discusses the implications.Read article -
John de Waal KC (Gatehouse Chambers) - Should mediation be compulsory?
15th May 2023
John de Waal KC of Gatehouse Chambers considers the upcoming Court of Appeal case Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough CouncilRead article
Law Reform Consultation Responses & News
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Property Litigation Association Response to the Proposed Reform of the 1954 Act Consultation Paper
26th Feb 2025
Property Litigation Association Response to the Proposed Reform of the 1954 Act Consultation PaperRead article -
Comments and submissions on the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill from PLA & PBA
14th Dec 2021
The PLA and PBA have both provided submissions to the Government committee on the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill.Read article -
PLA's response to the Law Commission's consultation on the 14th Program
14th Sep 2021
PLA's response to the Law Commission's consultation on the 14th ProgramRead article