Press

To mark International Women’s Day, Julia Cahill asked Dellah Gilbert, Chair of the PLA and 13 other women in the property industry to pen letters to young women considering a career in real estate to explain the opportunities it can offer and the places it can take them.

The government's flagship COVID rent arrears arbitration scheme has been "chronically" underused by landlords and tenants but experts say it has worked in practice and is set to be the template for a major overhaul of lease renewals under the 1954 Landlord and Tenant Act. Dellah Gilbert, Chair of the PLA, comments.

A High Court case brought by Guy Hands’ Annington Homes over the government’s bid to reclaim an £8bn portfolio of military residential properties is being watched closely by property lawyers, who say the outcome could have further implications for the Leasehold Reform Act (LRA) 1967. Mark Reading, Vice Chair of the PLA, is quoted.

The Supreme Court has recently ruled that the owners of the luxury flats opposite the Tate Gallery's viewing platform face an unacceptable level of intrusion. PLA Exec members have been commenting in the press.

PLA calls on its 1,500 members to review whether new commercial legislation is needed. Property Week article by Tim Clark.

Dellah Gilbert, head of real estate disputes at Maples Teesdale and the new chair of the Property Litigation Association, discusses her career highlights, inspirations, and the work to be done to open up the profession.

New PLA Chair, Dellah Gilbert, talks to Jess Harold at EG.

Exclusive figures show massive under-use of system that expires in September according to figures provided by the PLA.

PLA Executive Committee member and Chair of the PLA Website & Marketing Committee, Mark Reading, comments on the judgment in Trocadero v Cineworld.

The Court of Appeal battle over New Look's company voluntary arrangement may have been quietly settled out of court but the war between landlords and tenants over the use of CVAs is far from over. PLA Chair, Mathew Ditchburn, responds.