News and Articles

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'.

In 2015 the PLA surveyed its members on their experience of using the County Court.

Byroni Kleopa and Clare Anslow (Hardwicke) - Rent Repayment Orders – What’s the Big Deal?

Consultation on powers to tackle unauthorised encampments? URGENT RESPONSES REQUIRED

In 2018 the Ministry of Communities and Local Government conducted a consultation to establish the effectiveness of the powers of the police and local authorities in relation to unauthorised developments and encampments. The response to that consultation signalled clear calls for the Government to improve enforcement against unauthorised encampments. In response, the Government announced that police powers to direct people away from unauthorised sites (under sections 61 and 62 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act) would be amended, by lowering the criteria that must be met before the police can direct people away. The consultation also highlighted calls to criminalise unauthorised encampments. The PLA responded to that consultation and the clear message from our members was that the police seemed unwilling to exercise their powers even when entitled to do so.