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COVID-19 and stay of possession proceedings – response from Master of the Rolls

Richard Fowler provides comprehensive guidance on the arsenal available to property litigators during the pandemic.

Some (random) thoughts on my first post-covid remote hearing

The PLA’s Law Reform Committee has put to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) a number of questions and points requiring clarification regarding the protection of business tenancies from forfeiture for non-payment of rent in the Coronavirus Act 2020

Brooke Lyne and Nicholas Grant (Landmark) – Why Injunctions are More Important than Ever

As our Chair, Kerry Glanville, is taking a well-earned break this week, it falls upon me to reach out with a short blog during these exceptional circumstances. I hope you, your household and families across the country and globe are well and adapting aplomb to the new “norm”. We are indeed living in ‘interesting’ times.

The PLA and the Property Bar Association (PBA) have jointly written to the Master of the Rolls in connection with the new Practice Direction 51Z, which was made on 26 March 2020 and has the effect of staying all possession proceedings brought under CPR Part 55. 

Andrew Walker QC and Rob Nicholson look to the future, considering the fine balance between the interests of landlords and tenants, and how the Government or the courts might mitigate the effects of the pandemic

The FTT is publishing guidance for users during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Property law reform needed to boost 'Global Britain'.