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ED&I Committee member, Chris Lee, talks about why he doesn't drink alcohol anymore, his experience of alcohol while working in the legal industry, and how this has shaped his perspective towards alcohol at work events.

Major reforms to England’s rental laws could shrink supply and push up rents, warns PLA Chair, Rebecca Campbell, in her article on the Renters' Rights Bill for BTR News.

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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 Limited

Dive into the Estates Gazette brilliant three-part series from Sir Christopher Nugee and Guy Fetherstonhaugh KC, adapted from their talk at the PLA’s 30th Anniversary Conference in March.

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Our JPLA Ambassadors report back on their highlights of attending UKREiiF 2025…

Law Commission has published its interim statement on the future of the 1954 Act, setting out its provisional conclusions about the current model of security of tenure, what types of tenancy should benefit from security of tenure under the 1954 Act, and what duration of tenancy should benefit. PLA Law Reform Committee member, Nyree Applegarth, provides a summary of the conclusions.

It is no surprise landowners are lobbying government over the new Electronic Communications Code. In this article for CoStar, PLA Law Reform Committee member, Eloise Illingworth, looks at why this continues to be such a turbulent area of property litigation.

The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 (the Act) —commonly referred to as Martyn’s Law—received Royal Assent on 3 April 2025. Named after Martyn Hett one of 22 people who died at the Manchester Arena bombing in May 2017, Martyn’s Law is designed to improve the preparedness of public venues in the event of a terrorist attack. Member of the PLA Law Reform Committee, Dr Emily Carroll, outlines what this means for Qualifying Premises with a capacity of 200 people or more.