Winner announced for the Alan Langleben Memorial blog competition 2022

Lizzie Cooke, Judge of the Upper Tribunal, Lands Chamber and President of the Property Litigation Association awarding the prize to the winner of the PLA Blog Competition 2022, Rob Bailey, Associate, Burges Salmon, at the Joint PLA/PBA Summer Party at Lincoln’s Inn on 14 July.

Rob Bailey, Associate at Burges Salmon, has won this year’s Alan Langleben Memorial Blog Competition with his entry entitled ‘Are lease renewals going viral?‘.

Competitors were asked: should one or more of the following be allowed into business leases renewed pursuant to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 following the coronavirus pandemic, and why: (a) pandemic clauses, (b) turnover rents, and (c) upwards/downwards rent reviews.

As well as a £1,000 prize and a trophy, Rob’s piece will shortly be published in EG magazine.

Vivien King, who jointly judged the competition with Suzanne Lloyd Holt, said: “We always enjoy reading the entries received for the PLA’s blog competition. This year was no exception and we are delighted to award Rob Bailey of Burges Salmon LLP the prize for his winning entry. Out of the entries we received, we felt that Rob’s most nailed the brief and he managed to answer the question comprehensively and yet succinctly”.