The Law Reform Committee of the PLA has put a number of questions and requests for clarification to the Insolvency Service regarding the new Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill published on 20 May 2020. In particular, concerns have been raised about potential uncertainties, unfairness and unintended consequences for property owners arising out of provisions relating […]
3rd Jun 2020 Law Reform Committee Read moreFollowing the issues raised by the PLA and PBA in a joint letter to the Master of the Rolls (click here to read the letter), Practice Direction 51Z – Stay of Possession Proceedings and Extension of Time Limits – Coronavirus was amended on 20 April 2020 to permit, amongst other things, claims to proceed against […]
5th May 2020 Law Reform Committee Read moreFollowing the issues raised by the PLA and PBA in a joint letter to the Master of the Rolls (click here to read the letter), Practice Direction 51Z – Stay of Possession Proceedings and Extension of Time Limits – Coronavirus was amended on 20 April 2020. The important amendments now in force exclude the following […]
23rd Apr 2020 Law Reform Committee Read moreThe 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. This would not appear limited to the forfeiture moratorium […]
9th Apr 2020 Law Reform Committee Read moreThe 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. This includes what payments and leases are covered by the moratorium, whether parties […]
1st Apr 2020 Law Reform Committee Read moreThe FTT is publishing guidance for users during the COVID-19 pandemic. Both the Southern and London office are now closed and although the other three centres in Cambridge, Birmingham and Manchester are still open, they are working with reduced capacity. Parties are asked only to correspond with the Tribunal if absolutely necessary. If offices are […]
26th Mar 2020 Law Reform Committee Read moreIn 2015 the PLA surveyed its members on their experience of using the County Court. The results supported anecdotal evidence about how bad court administration had become, with 88% considering that it was not fit for purpose and 91% saying clients had expressed concerns about litigating in the County Court at all. Five years later, […]
24th Feb 2020 Law Reform Committee Read moreMathew Ditchburn, Chair of the PLA Law Reform Committee, speaks to Property Week about the settlement of boundary disputes Click here to read the article.
13th Feb 2020 Law Reform Committee Read moreCounty Court System Urgently Needs Fixing Says PLA The PLA surveyed its members on whether any improvements had been made to service standards by HMCTS (Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunal Service) since the PLA’s last court users’ feedback report in 2015. A resounding 93.4% of respondents to the survey considered that the County Court system […]
24th Jan 2020 Law Reform Committee Read moreFollowing the voluntary Capped Costs Pilot which commenced in certain Business and Property Courts on 14 January 2019, earlier this year MOJ launched a consultation in relation to extending the use of Fixed Recoverable Cases (FRC) in Civil Cases. This follows recommendations made in Sir Rupert Jackson’s Supplemental Report on FRCs in July 2017. The consultation sought interested parties’ views […]
13th Sep 2019 Consultations Read more