Blogs

The Property Litigation Association's Law Reform Committee and Property Bar Association were pleased to jointly host a panel debate in December 2023 to explore the pros and cons of Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. The debate took place in the context of the Law Commission's forthcoming consultation paper, expected to be published during the course of late 2024.

The Central London County Court has confirmed that the FTT Unopposed Lease Renewal Pilot Scheme (whereby unopposed 1954 Act lease renewal claims issued at Central London County Court are automatically transferred to be case-managed and heard by the First Tier Tribunal (FTT)) has come to an end with immediate effect.

Mark Reading began in the post of PLA Chair at the end of November and as we begin 2024, Mark introduces himself and shares some exciting plans the PLA has in store for the coming year.

This blog summarises main messages arising from the latest Upper Tribunal Lands Chamber Users' group meeting on 5 October 2023.

The first of the Law Reform Committee's new blog series.

The PLA Wellbeing survey 2023 was run four years after our initial survey in 2019 and has shown interesting comparisons. We also asked some specific questions this time about the impact of Covid 19.

This November marks the completion of Dellah Gilbert's one-year tenure as Chair of the PLA. Read her outgoing blog to members.

The sun shone on the PLA North’s ‘Bring a Surveyor’ event at Dukes 92, overlooking Manchester’s Bridgewater Canal on 19 July.

There was a buzz of feverish networking activity on 18 April 2023 at the JLPA “Speed Networking” event in partnership with BPF Futures at the offices of Trowers & Hamlins.

On 29 November 2022, members of the PLA once again descended on the Royal Society of Medicine in London for the PLA’s Autumn Training Day.